Best Learning Book I've Ever Bought! | Head First PHP & MySQL

Awesome hands-on book | Head First PHP & MySQL | Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison

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	• Head First PHP & MySQL Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison O'Reilly Media, 2008 - 812 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

No complaints...

This book was exactly what I ordered, excellent condition, and great delivery time! While I have not read the entire book year, it is exactly what I need to get started with PHP. I knew nothing about PHP before receiving this book, and I am now well on my way to becoming a PHP programmer! This is a great book for beginners, and is an excellent shelf item for reference for those who already know what they are doing.

Best Learning Book I've Ever Bought!

This was the first HeadFirst book I've ever bought and it was my final choice after trying to decide from several in the book store. And I must say, this was by far the BEST choice!

I've picked up other books in the past when trying to learn PHP and they left me more confused than anything. But the HeadFirst PHP & MySQL actually explains things to where I can understand them instead of just assuming I'll somehow understand it on my own.

I got about half way through the book and was able to venture off writing my own web apps and had the ability to understand more complex functions and syntax. This book was an awesome foundation for beginning PHP!

The reason I left one star off was after a few chapters, they become not-so-clear on where or how to add the code to the work-along scripts and therefore it leaves you using the downloaded ones off their site. I'd rather write it all out myself to help me understand it, practice writing it, and help memorize technicalities of the syntax.

But all in all, this is an awesome book and a great one for anyone serious about wanting to learn PHP.

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Awesome hands-on book

I learn best by doing, and this book had me creating sites, then modifying them to add the next logical step. The book is easy to read, easy to understand, and a little fun besides.

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Skill Builder

This is an excellent book to learn a valuable skill. I think that this is a new way of writing text books that has a more definitive impact on the learner. I feel much more confident with the subject matter and appreciate that people are still innovating new ways to learn. I will continue to use HEAD FIRST for future topics that I wish to learn.

If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more. Head First PHP & MySQL offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of exercises, quizzes, puzzles, and other interactive features to help you retain what you've learned. Use PHP to transform static HTML pages into dynamic web sites Create and populate your own MySQL database tables, and work with data stored in files Perform sophisticated MySQL queries with joins, and refine your results with LIMIT and ORDER BY Use cookies and sessions to track visitors' login information and personalize the site for users Protect your data from SQL injection attacks Use regular expressions to validate information on forms Dynamically display text based on session info and create images on the fly Pull syndicated data from other sites using PHP and XML Throughout the book, you'll build sophisticated examples -- including a mailing list, a job board, and an online dating site -- to help you learn how to harness the power of PHP and MySQL in a variety of contexts. If you're ready to build a truly dynamic website, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ideal way to get going.

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