Reviews for PHP and MySQL Web Development, 3rd Edition

1. very useful

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

   Im still using that book and it looks pretty interesting. very useful and highly recommended book.

2. Great guide but intallations intructions lets it down (but that is everywhere)

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2009

   Right - everything I have read in the chapters in this book has been well explained and had good accompanying examples. Except for the installation on Mac. This however is ubiquitos as I found out on my search so I can't slate the book for that, it seems everyone who should have it right had it wrong when i was looking. I eventually cobbled together the right thing taking bits from a few guides. If you are using a pc I would imagine there will be no problem. Though only half way through i am still happy to recommend it despite the installation problems with mysql.

3. Excellent for learning PHP and MYSQL

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12rd, 2009

   Well written, well organised, clear, precise - not full of useless waffle like many guides - over 900 pages of solid information. I can highly recommend this book for beginners and experienced programmers.
   
   I bought the book to help me quickly learn PHP for web development (I'm an experience programmer in other languages). I found the book to be very useful; it doesn't stop with simplistic basics, but discusses real development issues, like security for example. Also, although I am trained and experienced in SQL databases, I found the information provided for SQL syntax and using MYSQL with PHP pages clear and informative. I think this section would be especially useful for anyone new to SQL.
   

4. That's a very good book!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009

   I didn't read it entirely... but it seam to be very good now :)
   ...although it's a bit thick ;)

5. Makes you think!

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2009

   Great book even for casual programmers like me. The book makes you think about web development in another light: Dynamic websites - shifting content, easy updating, consitency etc.
   
   I recommend it!