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PHP Index - PHP Book :
Professional Php Programming (Programmer to Programmer)
by Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Jesus M. Castagnetto, Deepak T. Veliath Perfect Paperback: 909 pages Dimensions (in inches): 2.00 x 9.16 x 7.30 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc ISBN: 1861002963; 1st edition (December 1999) This book covers middle-tier programming with PHP. PHP is a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. It is an open source technology, rapidly gaining popularity as a scripting language for people running dynamic websites. One of its major attractions over Perl, JavaScript and other scripting languages is that PHP has a built-in database integration layer and seamless IP connectivity, with LDAP and TCP as well as the IMAP mail interface. Features; • Real world, practical experience and techniques • From installation and configuration of the PHP engine to advanced dynamic application design • Definitive coverage of core PHP language and database addressing: • MySQL is covered in depth. • Practical e-commerce and business scripting including database application development, together with PHP and XML applications. • LDAP connectivity addressed. Book Info: Designed for developers who want to add a professional edge to their web applications using PHP programming. From the Publisher: This book is for: Developers that want to add a professional edge to their web applications. Programmers who are either new to the web paradigm of development or experienced CGI programmers who are looking for the speed and convenience of a new technology. A working knowledge of HTML is assumed. About the Author: Wrox has assembled a team of PHP experts to share their experience with you: Chris Scollo, Jesus Castagnetto and Sascha Schumann are site architects and builders who have employed PHP to run powerful, state-of-the-art web locations. Chris and Jesus have also written widely on PHP online. Customer Reviews Reviewer: jfuste from Spain I'have the book. A lot of more books from Wrox are in my hands. This is a very good on PHP. Examples, bits of code explained step by step, huge amount of info, lack of some other (in programming NONE was perfect and complete). Good point to start serious programming with DB (MySQL or other ones). 4 stars only because God is not a programming writer, not Schumann and the others in this are, and I cannot put a 4 and half stars.... If you dont know HTML, learn first. Then, read this book. I repeat, READ IT! Like a novel, not as reference one. Every page contains valuable information, only have your eyes wide open to catch it! Put it beside your bed or your WC! Results: a large Internet project, an ecommerce site, a tutorials online site, a.... well, you know what I mean. With this book, I'm mastering PHP with no fears! BUY IT NOW! Reviewer: A reader from Florida, USA I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn PHP. This book is well written and most of the examples are practical. This book assumes you have some familarity with programming, although not much. The book is easy to read. The authors have done a good job of making the content interesting and fresh. This book is especially helpful if you are interested in doing e-commerce since one of the main case studies in this book shows you how to construct a shopping cart. There is a handy HTML tag reference in the back of the book. This book is not perfect, few are. Advanced users, as you can see from some of the other reviews, may find it lacking. For beginners and intermediate programmers like myself, it is terrific. It is the best book available on PHP and well worth the money. Reviewer: sboisvert from Mississagua Ontario This book might be worthwhile as a classroom workbook where you go through each and every chapter in order. As a book for somebody who wants to get things done this book is terrible. You have to wade through entire chapters to find what you want and the index is useless. For my real world projects I have never found what I wanted to know in this book. You are better off just looking at online documentation. It is also out of date and lacks coverage of sessions (there is a newer edition of the book that might include this but I am not going to buy it). Reviewer: Kevin Carlson from Everett, WA USA I bought "Beginning PHP4" first, expecting to learn more later from "Professional PHP". Unfortunately, the "Professional" book was written in 1999 and mostly covers PHP3; the first half of this book is introductory material similar to that covered in "Beginning". The "Beginning" book was written in 2000, and covers PHP4. Therefore, the two books don't confer a chronological sense of "Part 1" and "Part 2", as I had anticipated. In my opinion, if you have one of these two Wrox books, you won't need the other. Since "Beginning PHP4" is newer, get that one for an excellent introduction to the subject, then get "PHP Black Book" or another advanced book to continue your studies. By the way, I hope that "extremeperl" gives more thought to book ratings in the future. He gave this book a 1 star rating because he thought that PHP was a poorly written language, and preferred Perl. Since the authors had no hand in creating the PHP language, it's extremely unfair to criticize PHP by giving poor ratings to this book ... |
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