- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 2 edition (21 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0672323117
- ISBN-13: 978-0672323119
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 688,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Consisting of 24 one-hour lessons, Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours is divided into five sections that guide the reader through the language from the basics to the advanced functions.
The first section of the book teaches the fundamentals of PHP. And then, building upon what has been taught in the first section, sections two through four shows the reader how to apply that knowledge in order to interact with the user by creating and managing forms, cookies and authentication. It also teaches how to access databases and how to integrate system components, e-mail, LDAP, network sockets and much more.
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Think of all the things you could do in 24 hours. Go sightseeing. Read a book. Learn PHP. Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours is a unique learning tool that is divided into 24 one-hour lessons over five sections. Starting with the basics, you will discover the fundamentals of PHP and how to apply that knowledge to create dynamic websites with forms, cookies and authentication functions. You will also find out how to access databases, as well as how to integrate system components, e-mail, LDAP, network sockets and more. A support website includes access to source code, PHP updates, errata and links to other relevant websites. Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours is a quick and easy way to learn how to create interactive websites for your end user.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have used a number of scripting languages so this gave me a head start with PHP. I was able to skim the first chapters and get into the really good stuff. This book moves at just the right pace but it is not as suited to the complete novice as you might expect. It often points to other books in the series that you might want to read first.
Basically if your HTML is good and you have a grounding in SQL you will find this book easy to get to grips with. In less than a week I had written a fully functioning bulletin board system using PHP and MySQL. Could have done with a CD though. That's my only serious criticism.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book gives you a great starting point with PHP. It goes through all the major principles and once you have read it you will be able to design your own database enabled applications. The last two chapters go through how to set up a full application and this really helps to advance your knowledge.
Once you have read this you will have a beginner to intermediate knowledge of the language, from there you can either teach yourself furthur techniques or go on to a more advanced book.
Overall this is a great starting PHP book, it will take longer than 24 hours however.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a brilliant introduction to PHP for me. Coming from a technical background, I skim read the first dozen or so 'hours' and got stuck into the nitty gritty examples for form handling, session management and file-uploading etc.
However for me the best reason for buying this book was the fantastic last two chapters. These chapters cover setting up a complete web portal/community based site which allows users to login, modify their details/profile, add events to their pages and more. This was the basis on which I built a website and stood me in good stead for the job.
As a previous reviewer mentioned, the source code does not come with the book which means a lot of typing (the last two 'hours' took more like 8 hours to type up, and I don't type that slow either;\). On the contrary though, this can be good in that it forces you to debug your code as you go along, helping you understand better why errors occur when a script is executed.
All in all a definite recommendation for beginners (and even intermediate/advanced readers, if only for the example site in the last 2 hours).
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Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hours
This product is the fastest and most cost efficient way to teach yourself PHP, you will of course need previous experience with HTML (maybe a bit of CSS if u want to make something... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Josh M
Not for the newbie!
If you're looking to pick up in depth PHP knowledge in 24 hours, think again! While the book has now become a valuable resource it is not written for the... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2003 by Mr. Peter Hayes
Very good
As a novice to coding I found this book a great place to start.
It steps you through PHP 1 hour at a time. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2002
Covers all the basics but doesn't include a source code CD
I've dabbled with a few server side technologies and used this books to introduce me to PHP. It served it's purpose, but it would have been a lot more useful had the examples been... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2001 by The Property Watcher
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