Consisting of 24 one-hour lessons, Sams Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours is divided into five sections that guide you through the language from the basics to the advanced functions. The first section of the book teaches the fundamentals of PHP. Building upon what has been taught in the first section, sections two through four show you 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. The final section of the book covers advanced functionality including how to debug and optimize scripts, maintain script security, and extend PHP with API.

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Consisting of 24 one-hour lessons, Sams Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours is divided into five sections that guide you through the language from the basics to the advanced functions.

The first section of the book teaches the fundamentals of PHP.

Building upon what has been taught in the first section, sections two through four show you 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.

The final section of the book covers advanced functionality including how to debug and optimize scripts, maintain script security, and extend PHP with API.

CD-ROM contains the complete PHP4 program and Apache Web server in binary and source distributions for various Linux distributions and Windows as well as the (MySQL) database for Linux. and all source code.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to PHP but....., 8 Feb 2001

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As someone who has put off CGI programming as long as possible and has finally decided to go the Apache/PHP/mySQL route I enjoyed this book and it has opened my eyes to what I have been missing.

Two caveats tho' - firstly it doesn't appear to come with the CD mentioned in the publishers review. This means you'll need to collect all the bits to install Apache, PHP and mySQL yourself. I didn't find this trivial! You'll also need to type the program listings. Some people might consider this character-forming, I don't. I think the code for the last two chapters is on the publisher's website.

Secondly, there are a few typos in the code examples, which yes, are educational in their own right, but as you've probably already typed your own makes debugging twice as hard.

Still, highly recommended!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some aspects good, 5 Sep 2001

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A useful book, but 2 gripes: 1) As previously mentioned, the typo errors (which *really* shouldn't occur). 2) the chapert on object-oriented programming is poorly explained, and very confusing. With a concept such as OOP, it is the concepts that need explaining, not just the implementation of OOP in PHP.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is very poor., 2 Jul 2001

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I'm new to PHP and this book is proving to be more of a hinderence than a help. Topics aren't explained fully and the author continually introduces new terms and concepts without explaining them first, leaving the reader flicking back through the pages to see if there's one missing. Code snippets aren't fully explained and the sections on variables and functions seem to either have bits missing or they don't really make any sense at all. By the time I got to chapter 7 I decided to stop wasting my time and started reading PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson which is much more lucid.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read however quite a few errors included.
This book has been designed to guide beginners into the world of PHP, however you'd notice there are a few errors in the book in which the author contradicts himself so watch out... Read more

Published on 18 Feb 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars A thorough introduction to the PHP language
Although there are a number of typo's and minor errors in the book it is still a comprehensive guide to PHP covering virtually everything you need to know to get started in a well... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Great book to start off on PHP
I found this book to be very helpful in learning PHP in a very short space of time (a lot less than 24 hrs as it happens). Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the beginner and those moving to php4
If you're new to programming, this book will teach all the essentials you'll need for programming. For those who find the online documentation insufficient, this book fills that... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The clearest programming book I've come across
Not only does this book clearly and methodically take you through the latest version of php, it also builds real world examples which you can use straight away. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive PHP4 tutorial
I found this book especially easy to follow. Other so called 'tutors' really should take a leaf out of Mr Zandstra's book! Read more

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