PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition
- ISBN13: 9780470096000
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Build an online catalog and a members-only site
Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!
Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here’s the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more.
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I wanted to learn how to programme in php/mysql. This seemed to be a good book to start with. It does tell you all about the different things about php and mysql but it doesn’t go into enough detail. The way the book works is it builds up into two projects. The first is to make a website that can register users. And the second is to make a online catalogue which the users can buy from. Thats all well and good. But I had no need to make these projects. I wanted to make my own specific project. Thats why I was learning php.
As a result I had a hard time using this book. Specific stuff that is not important to the above projects was left out. Thus I had a hard time finishing my own project. I had search in several other books and websites so that I could finish my project. And my project was really not a complicated one. A simple questionnaire type form that then displays something depending on the number of points you score.
Rating: 2 / 5
I own this book, personally I think its awful. The way it is structured doesn’t seem to work too well for the purpose. I read the entire thing once and still felt like I knew nothing. I found some tutorials online easier to follow and the lack of working examples didn’t help either. Perhaps if it we’re written by a programmer and not a professional author it would have been easier to follow. It didn’t help me much however you be the judge and read it for your self maybe you’ll find it more useful.
Rating: 1 / 5
I recommend this book for anyone that doesn’t already have some printed material on PHP and MySQL. It’s great for beginners and paves the road of programming. It’s pretty easy to read and I find myself constantly looking back through this book when addressing certain concepts or functions.
Rating: 5 / 5
I had a little experience with both PHP and MySQL before I bought this book. While the first few chapters make it seem easy enough, I found that using most of the information in the book – even copied letter for letter – led to error after error. Frustrated, I finally used my DREAMWEAVER textbook which, with as little information as it provides ABOUT both PHP and MySQL was a lot more helpful.
Rating: 2 / 5
Picked this up after reading two worse books (there are many) and found the first explanations clear, possibly because I was already familiar with some of the terms.
After the first two or three chapters, however, Valade gets complacent, doesn’t explain minor issues which can leave you puzzled.
The examples are not very useful and, although she explains some of the steps, she leaves out details. Again, confusing.
The book has numerous errors, one which left me reading the same page for about half an hour. Rather than approaching the topic for beginners, she does assume some programming knowledge at time.
After reading the explanations of object oriented programming (classes), I nearly gave up.
The author is not a good teacher. There are scripts on her own web site with corrections.
Rating: 2 / 5