Product Description

This book shows how to build open source web applications with the latest version of MySQL and PHP

Learn how to build a sample application using PHP and MySQL in the Spotlight section.Download three full-length case studies (including code trees) to find out how others have used the open source database and scripting language to build web applications.

Visit the companion web site to get source code samples and live web applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21407 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
A great book for someone who knows little about MySQL and PHP and wants to quickly get on with producing some database driven dynamic web pages. Oraclehome.co.uk 20050805

Review
A great book for someone who knows little about MySQL and PHP and wants to quickly get on with producing some database driven dynamic web pages. (Oraclehome.co.uk )

Synopsis
This book shows how to build open source web applications with the latest version of MySQL and PHP. It helps you: learn how to build a sample application using PHP and MySQL in the Spotlight section; download three full-length case studies (including code trees) to find out how others have used the open source database and scripting language to build web applications; and visit the companion web site to get source code samples and live web applications.

Customer Reviews

Awful lot of waffle and poor page layout
I bought this book at the same time as PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual QuickPro Guides) (which has been great) and Mysql Crash Course (Sams Teach Yourself) (which is a useful reference). I'd already developed one successful website using ASP.net, and had started to learn a few little bits of php from the web.

This book was the worst of my 3 purchases by a long way. It's just so boring! It was the first book I started with (because the outside looks nicest!) but inside it's just dull and badly laid out. The author may be technically competent but he rarely uses one word when he could squeeze in 3 or 4 instead. The code is annotated by comments in the lsitings, but these aren't really detailed enough to help you understand what's going on.

Sadly, I put a coffee cup down on this book and it's marked the cover. Otherwise I'd have sent it back.

php & mysql comments
before studying this text, i couldn't even spell php.
a great way to start learning php.
takes you through the basics quick and clean enjoyably.


How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL (How to Do Everything)

Not for the experienced programmer
Too simple for someone who knows other languages like C#, C, Javascript or Java as PHP is similar in syntax. What I need is some hardcore PHP and this failed! I will be looking for another book.