- Paperback: 373 pages
- Publisher: SitePoint; Third Edition edition (Oct 8 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0975240218
- ISBN-13: 978-0975240212
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 640 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #4 in Books > Computers & Internet > Web Development > E-commerce
- #16 in Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Software Design, Testing & Engineering > Structured Design
- #18 in Books > Computers & Internet > Databases > Specific Databases > MySQL & mSQL
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Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL is a practical guide for first-time users of PHP & MySQL that teaches readers by creating a fully working Content Management System, Shopping Cart and other real-world applications. There has been a marked increase in the adoption of PHP, most notably in the beginning to intermediate levels. PHP now boasts over 30% of the server side scripting market (Source: php.weblogs.com).
The previous edition sold over 17,000 copies exclusively through Sitepoint.com alone. With the release of PHP 5, SitePoint have updated this bestseller to reflect best practice web development using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.
The 3rd Edition includes more code examples and also a new bonus chapter on structured PHP Programming which introduces techniques for organizing real world PHP applications to avoid code duplication and ensure code is manageable and maintainable. The chapter introduces features like include files, user-defined function libraries and constants, which are combined to produce a fully functional access control system suitable for use on any PHP Website.
About the Author
Kevin Yank is a world-renowned leader in web development. When not writing best sellers, Kevin is the Technical Director of sitepoint.com and editor of the popular SitePoint Tech Times newsletter.
Kevin's Author credits include: Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL (SitePoint) and Simply JavaScript (SitePoint).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great introduction to PHP and MySQL,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL (Paperback)
I'd worked with some PHP code in the past but I hadn't tied it into a database and was missing that part. However if you haven't touched PHP before this book makes it easy.The author does a good job of maintaining focus throughout. He walks that fine line between giving out too much information and overwhelming the reader and not enough information which would leave the reader confused. He also tends to ensure the reader understands what the code is doing at a core level, it' not just about syntax. Once you've completed the book you'll have just enough understanding of programming ideals to help you better understand what PHP is about. When it comes to syntax it's a pretty good reference as well covering most of the key concepts. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the last few chapters seem to lack the focus the first 8 or so chapters have. It's as though these chapters are meant as catch alls, a place to put all the ideas the author had but couldn't find how to integrate it into the earlier narrative. The book also has a great companion website at sitepoint.com with very active forums full or helpful PHP veterans that are only too happy to help with any question. Overall I've been very happy with this book and have bought more books from this publisher (sitepoint) on other topics based on the experience I had with this book. Tip: to skip the part about installing PHP and MySQL download the Xampp service, you'll be glad you did. (just google xampp)
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Marja, Read this,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP And MySQL (Paperback)
If Marja (from Amsterdam) knew any thing about PHP or programming for that matter he or she would know that it is not nessecary to declare variables before calling them in PHP! Kevin's book is auwsome; I learned so much from it, infact I couldn't have built my last ten sites with out it.
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This Tutorial WORKS,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP And MySQL (Paperback)
This book is the first tutorial that actually GOT me there. I was able to set up my G3 266 running OS X (that's right kids, 10.2.8) and get Apache set up right, MySQL installed, tested and working securely and PHP connected up. When I got my first test page working and pulled my first record up, I came to the realization that the instructions in the book worked. Exactly right. First time. Well-written, well-formatted and CLEAR. The Mac section had everything I needed. When I began doing the exercises, I began to dread typing in all the code - then I finally keyed on the CODE ARCHIVE!!!! No CDs to screw around with - just go to the site, punch in some numbers and BINGO, complete set of files, ready to use. Gotta love that. I'm confident now, having finally gotten over the 'hump' of setting up my system and UNDERSTANDING what I was doing, that I'll be able to build database-driven sites with good insight.I strongly recommend this title.
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