- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Delmar Publishing; Pap/Cdr edition (9 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1598637983
- ISBN-13: 978-1598637984
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 18.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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If you are new to programming with PHP 6 and MySQL and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the absolute beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real-world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish the book you will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language you tackle.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is not PHP6/MYSQL Programming for the 'ABSOLUTE BEGINNER'
This is for people who already know programming & X/HTML beginning PHP
6/MYSQL
The writer assumes too much & doesn't give an in depth explanation of what he describes & quickly moves on to a new topic that doesn't always tally with what you've just finished getting your head around on the previous page/paragraph.
He may be forgiven for the amount the book covers but it's too broad which is why it's not for absolute beginners.
Also at nearly £30 this book is overpriced & it really didn't help by him adding his personal touch at the beginning declaring "First I thank my lord & saviour Jesus Christ"
I hate religion & I cant say I thank you for this book. :(
This is for people who already know programming & X/HTML beginning PHP
6/MYSQL
The writer assumes too much & doesn't give an in depth explanation of what he describes & quickly moves on to a new topic that doesn't always tally with what you've just finished getting your head around on the previous page/paragraph.
He may be forgiven for the amount the book covers but it's too broad which is why it's not for absolute beginners.
Also at nearly £30 this book is overpriced & it really didn't help by him adding his personal touch at the beginning declaring "First I thank my lord & saviour Jesus Christ"
I hate religion & I cant say I thank you for this book. :(
Format:Paperback
Let me start off by saying I have read two other Cengage learning books - HTML, XHTML, and XML 3rd edition - JavaScript and AJAX 2nd edition.
These two books were by far much better for learning how to code in their respective languages. They had a lot of tutorials to work on. On each chapter you would have to write code to progress as none of the tutorials had finished code in the accompanying files.
This book starts off well by giving you all the necessary files and programs on a disc, whereas with the other two books I mentioned you had to dig around their horrible website to download them! But that is the only thing good about this book. In the first chapter the author tries to explain how to set up a testing server on your own machine.... FAIL! It was painful to say the least; to look at the code in this book working you MUST have a testing server set up on your machine or your own host in which to upload your files. I gave up in the end and youtubed how to do it.
As you read this book it becomes very apparent that you don't have to write any code as it is all done for you in the provided files! This book after three chapters became just a reading exercise! The only way I found I could read and understand this was to mess around with the code on a hit and miss basis.
It's a shame my course tutor recommended this book as I have read a Sams teach yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache book that is better than this
These two books were by far much better for learning how to code in their respective languages. They had a lot of tutorials to work on. On each chapter you would have to write code to progress as none of the tutorials had finished code in the accompanying files.
This book starts off well by giving you all the necessary files and programs on a disc, whereas with the other two books I mentioned you had to dig around their horrible website to download them! But that is the only thing good about this book. In the first chapter the author tries to explain how to set up a testing server on your own machine.... FAIL! It was painful to say the least; to look at the code in this book working you MUST have a testing server set up on your machine or your own host in which to upload your files. I gave up in the end and youtubed how to do it.
As you read this book it becomes very apparent that you don't have to write any code as it is all done for you in the provided files! This book after three chapters became just a reading exercise! The only way I found I could read and understand this was to mess around with the code on a hit and miss basis.
It's a shame my course tutor recommended this book as I have read a Sams teach yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache book that is better than this
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Read the title carefully and stop blaming the book!
9 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
This book is in fact an absolute beginner's guide to PHP/MySQL!
This does NOT mean that my grandma would be able to learn how to make dynamic web sites by reading this book, despite the fact that she's never touched a computer in her life.
The scope of this book does not encompass a beginner's guide on how to use a computer nor the basics of web development (such as HTML and CSS) - those things are EXPECTED of those who want to learn PHP.
Without understanding HTML, the very basis of any web document, there is not much point in attempting to learn a web scripting language, such as PHP, which amongst other things deals with dynamically creating HTML by processing various user and browser inputs.
The negative reviews are quite annoying, because the people are voting not on the quality of the material, but on it's subjective incomprehensibility, caused by their own lack of preparation for the consumption of the knowledge contained in this book. It's like you're disappointed that you weren't able to fly an F-15 fighter jet, when you've never operated an aircraft in your life!
Try performing a modicum of research on various web technologies and how they interrelate before buying the first book you see.
As the old adage says: "Learn to walk before you run".
For those who have had some experience in static website creation, this is an excellent book, full of useful examples.
If the code give you errors - check the version of PHP you have installed (type: "php --version" into your server's shell (without the quotations)).
I tried most of the examples (used this book in a class) and they ran just fine under PHP 5.2
And if you encounter some material that's challenging, well that's just a little side-effect of trying to learn something new. It's not always easy, nor should it be.
Contact the author or ask your instructor for clarification (if you're using this at school) and they will surely abide.
This does NOT mean that my grandma would be able to learn how to make dynamic web sites by reading this book, despite the fact that she's never touched a computer in her life.
The scope of this book does not encompass a beginner's guide on how to use a computer nor the basics of web development (such as HTML and CSS) - those things are EXPECTED of those who want to learn PHP.
Without understanding HTML, the very basis of any web document, there is not much point in attempting to learn a web scripting language, such as PHP, which amongst other things deals with dynamically creating HTML by processing various user and browser inputs.
The negative reviews are quite annoying, because the people are voting not on the quality of the material, but on it's subjective incomprehensibility, caused by their own lack of preparation for the consumption of the knowledge contained in this book. It's like you're disappointed that you weren't able to fly an F-15 fighter jet, when you've never operated an aircraft in your life!
Try performing a modicum of research on various web technologies and how they interrelate before buying the first book you see.
As the old adage says: "Learn to walk before you run".
For those who have had some experience in static website creation, this is an excellent book, full of useful examples.
If the code give you errors - check the version of PHP you have installed (type: "php --version" into your server's shell (without the quotations)).
I tried most of the examples (used this book in a class) and they ran just fine under PHP 5.2
And if you encounter some material that's challenging, well that's just a little side-effect of trying to learn something new. It's not always easy, nor should it be.
Contact the author or ask your instructor for clarification (if you're using this at school) and they will surely abide.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Good book but not a teacher for a beginner!
27 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am giving this two stars because this is actually not a good book for beginners but really a book for more intermediate PHP users or those programmers interested in gaming development. It suffers from too much reliance on arcane examples plus a first couple of chapters that really provide more frustration than value to a real beginner.
Chapter one actually does nothing to really help you set up a php server. The book assumes that you know a good deal about local server technology and that you are comfortable setting up a local server on your machine. It assumes that you know the subtleties of how a local host file system works. It also assumes extensive experience in static web page development xhtml coding, CSS, etc.
In chapter two the book jumps from being very basic to using some advanced tools as examples. The concepts used require that you spend some extremely careful time reading the provided code used in the examples to understand the relevance of specific functions. The examples are interesting but are not directly applicable to a beginner.
In chapter 3 the book becomes a reasonable teaching tool yet its reliance on dice games as examples makes it somewhat irrelevant for what most users are studying this to do on the web. It does provide the new programmer, and even more experienced ones, with some foundation of how php code works but not in a web related context. It does develop good practices and explains how and why the programming works. It explains very well the differences in control structures, and where one shines over another. It makes arrays accessible but not friendly and provides a basic introduction into MySQL. With very careful study you can probably actually put all of it into practical applications but many times you will be left cold when applying it to more day to day web applications.
My advice is if you already have this book then use it as an auxiliary in conjunction with another book that will give you a more grounded perspective without so detailed reliance on complex game type examples. My personal recommendation is "PHP Visual Quick Start Guide Third Edition" by Larry Ullman. This is a real beginners book that actually teaches and will have you proficient in PHP in no time.
Chapter one actually does nothing to really help you set up a php server. The book assumes that you know a good deal about local server technology and that you are comfortable setting up a local server on your machine. It assumes that you know the subtleties of how a local host file system works. It also assumes extensive experience in static web page development xhtml coding, CSS, etc.
In chapter two the book jumps from being very basic to using some advanced tools as examples. The concepts used require that you spend some extremely careful time reading the provided code used in the examples to understand the relevance of specific functions. The examples are interesting but are not directly applicable to a beginner.
In chapter 3 the book becomes a reasonable teaching tool yet its reliance on dice games as examples makes it somewhat irrelevant for what most users are studying this to do on the web. It does provide the new programmer, and even more experienced ones, with some foundation of how php code works but not in a web related context. It does develop good practices and explains how and why the programming works. It explains very well the differences in control structures, and where one shines over another. It makes arrays accessible but not friendly and provides a basic introduction into MySQL. With very careful study you can probably actually put all of it into practical applications but many times you will be left cold when applying it to more day to day web applications.
My advice is if you already have this book then use it as an auxiliary in conjunction with another book that will give you a more grounded perspective without so detailed reliance on complex game type examples. My personal recommendation is "PHP Visual Quick Start Guide Third Edition" by Larry Ullman. This is a real beginners book that actually teaches and will have you proficient in PHP in no time.
This is a book for beginning PHP ... NOT HTML/CSS
30 Aug 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was an amazing book for the material and the price! The only thing I can see is that the title could be a bit misleading. And as someone learning all of thsi stuff the hard way, I can feel your pain, but...
To all of the negative reviews:
this is not a beginner's guide to (X)HTML/CSS or Javascript!
You need an understanding of those languages before you can dive into this. This is about doing something with your pretty HTML/CSS web pages, that maybe pretty and well designed... can't really do much of anything.
Like posting a high score for a game you created w Flash or Java. Or are trying to see who is visiting your site, and would want to respond to your viewers with an e-mail. If you are at this level, then this is the book for you!
To all of the negative reviews:
this is not a beginner's guide to (X)HTML/CSS or Javascript!
You need an understanding of those languages before you can dive into this. This is about doing something with your pretty HTML/CSS web pages, that maybe pretty and well designed... can't really do much of anything.
Like posting a high score for a game you created w Flash or Java. Or are trying to see who is visiting your site, and would want to respond to your viewers with an e-mail. If you are at this level, then this is the book for you!
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