Reviews for Learning PHP 5

1. Not a doorstop

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2010

   An really excellent beginners book. You can read it away from a computer then come back and try things out. The writer has resisted the temptation to put everything he knows about PHP into the book, in the knowledge that you can go to the PHP web site (or many others) to learn more about something that interests you. Having said that, there's more than enough in the book to enable you to use PHP on your web site.
   
   The examples really do help you to understand the text and the exercises are well worth working through. There's a good index. I didn't spot any errors. Finally - A well made book that lies flat when you open it.

2. This book is a must have if...

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, June 12th, 2008

   If you are coming from website development with html/xhtml and would like to move on learning php, this is the book to have.
   It teaches you the very basic of programming from the very start with php so you have a solid foundation to keep building on.
   
   I bought so many books where the writer just expected you to sit in front of a computer with the book somewhere between the keyboard and the mouse; This is not one of them, you can read this book on the train without having a computer in front of you as there are numerous examples and the result that would have been printed on the screen if you had done them.
   
   At the end of the chapters, you also have exercises so you can learn by practice and monitor your progression (there you will need to be in front of your screen). The answers are at the end of the book.