Product DescriptionUntitledPHP is a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. ItÕs frequently being used to replace the functionality created by Perl to write CGI scripts). Similar to both HTML and CGI, PHP is faster to program in and faster to execute than CGI. PHP was written specifically for Web site creation, unlike Perl, C, or Java. Companies such as Honda, Patagonia, and Zoom.com all have Web sites utilizing PHP. PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide consists of approximately fifteen chapters of step-by-step content, aimed at teaching specific topics in direct, focused segments. The scripts featured in this book are based on features and capabilities that current PHP users most frequently inquire about (e.g. sessions, authentication, and object-oriented programming). as well as detailing those technologies that will be more important in the future, such as XML and Wireless Access Protocols.
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Rating: - Great book!!
Went through the first one..this one by Larry Ulman as well taught me much more.
Rating: - Wait for second edition
This is the first edition, which covers PHP3 and PHP4. PHP5 has been out for a while and supports much more OOP. A second edition will probably require much rewriting.
Rating: - Intermediate but Very Good
There is a lot more to PHP than Ullman covers in his 'PHP Advanced'. But what he does cover, is well done. Not too verbose. Direct and to the point. I like his explanations & examples. It makes learning and referencing a subject easier and quicker.
Looking forward to 2nd edition & hoping he adds more advanced subjects.
Rating: - This Guy Knows His Stuff
Coming from the world of ASP/VBS, etc., I thoroughly searched the local generic huge book store chain, and thumbed through and finally selected 3 books to teach me PHP/mySQL.
Only after I got home and read 'em in depth did I realize they were all written by the same guy, Larry Ullman:
MySQL; PHP for the WWW; and PHP Advanced.
All three books are great, they are easy to follow, I am getting better and better jobs because of the skills I've gleaned from these ... Read More
Rating: - Intermediate, a hard read, poor editing
A bunch of people are out there writing tons of PHP books, because it is such a "hot" web language. Do a quick Amazon search and you'll find lots of "advanced" adjectives in titles. This text is not advanced (no detailed session management, minimal security descrition). The description of classes (objects) is okay, but could use a more in-depth discussion of object data access, function overloading, etc.. (realizing PHP's objects are not "real" objects -- yet).
- Great book!!
- Wait for second edition
- Intermediate, a hard read, poor editing
