Rating:  - Peter Henrik Stæhr Albrekt
So far it has been an efficient learning tool. This book is clearly written by authors who deal with teaching and learning strategies. Details are thoroughly explained and you are carefully lead from one step to the next.
Rating:  - Good thorough intro to PHP and MySQL
Well done, maybe 5 stars. Has all the intro and intermediate info you need. Includes some best practices and programming concepts which I didn't want, so perhaps tries to include too much. But I'm being too picky. This book has everything one needs to get going with this technology and is thoughtfully presented. definitely recommended.
Rating: - Love it! Highly recommended!
I bought the first edition of this book several years ago and it has been my bible ever since. It makes everything amazingly easy to learn. I didn't even have to sit down and do a read-through. I just skimmed it to start out, sat down in front of the 'puter, and flipped through the book to figure out how to code each part of my first PHP-MySQL site. It was almost too easy. I have created about a dozen database driven sites since, and I always pull the book out for a quick refresher before I start coding. I wish there were books this great for learning all web technologies.
Rating: - The one to have
There is a bunch of books related to PHP and/or Mysql.
I bought 4, one about Mysql only, one for PHP only and 2 about Mysql+PHP.
Surprisingly, this one is the best - even better than the dedicated ones.
The author starts by introducing PHP, follows Mysql, then elaborates on making projects with examples, guide to build Php+Mysql projects and use of advanced features.
Just start from page one and follow the explanations, examples and advices - you are a php+mysql programmer in no time.
Rating: - Great book to start learning PHP and MySQL
This was first book for me to learn PHP and MySQL. I have known C,Java,Perl and Informix database earlier so it took me little effort to understand the syntax of PHP and MySQL. I was glad to know many things new including both are open source, highly demanding, flexible in terms of good parts of Java, C and Perl. Installation and starting work on was very easy.
This book gave me lots of pointers on how to work on things at project level rather than little snippets. Towards the end it really gets better.
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