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Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 373 pages
  • Publisher: SITEPOINT; 3 edition (1 Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0975240218
  • ISBN-13: 978-0975240212
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 54,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #6 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Databases > Databases & the Web
    #7 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Databases > Applications > MySQL
    #22 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Databases > Database Design & Theory
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"Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL" is a practical guide for first-time users of PHP & MySQL that teaches readers by creating a fully working Content Management System, Shopping Cart and other real-world applications. There has been a marked increase in the adoption of PHP, most notably in the beginning to intermediate levels. PHP now boasts over 30% of the server side scripting market (Source: php.weblogs.com). The previous edition sold over 17,000 copies exclusively through Sitepoint.com alone. With the release of PHP 5, SitePoint have updated this bestseller to reflect best practice web development using PHP 5 and MySQL 4. The 3rd Edition includes more code examples and also a new bonus chapter on structured PHP Programming which introduces techniques for organizing real world PHP applications to avoid code duplication and ensure code is manageable and maintainable. The chapter introduces features like include files, user-defined function libraries and constants, which are combined to produce a fully functional access control system suitable for use on any PHP Website.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent step by step guide, 19 Oct 2005
By Gordon Copestake (Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent step by step guide to producing a website using PHP and MySQL. Whilst not a beginners book, it does start from basics such as installing MySQL and getting things up and running. It helps if you understand PHP beforehand or some other scripting language such as JSP or ASP but the concepts are easier enough to understand. The author takes you through creating a site from scratch using a simple joke database.

I would recommend this book to people who are famimiliar with HTML and to some extent PHP and wish to take there skills to the next level to produce a CMS type site of there own devising rather than a prebuilt download such as PHP Nuke or Plone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for beginners to PHP and MySQL, 25 Jan 2005
By Trevor May (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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Before I read this book I knew very little about PHP and MySQL. I had dabbled a little in ASP many years ago but foremost I'm a designer so coding isn't always second nature to me. I started reading this book on the train to work and again on the way back; after 2 hours reading I had the confidence to try to build my own basic content management system!

At just over 250 pages the book is rather on the small side compared to a lot of the other books on the topic, but it really does contain all the essentials. It also encourages you to think for yourself and it really helped me understand how simple PHP and MySQL really is.

This book is very much aimed at the beginner who hasn't dabbled before so I doubt it's of much use to established PHPers, but to newcomers to the field I can't recommend this book enough.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, 24 Jul 2006
By Mr. R. J. King (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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I wanted to implement a dynamic phone list on our intranet that was easy to maintain and reliable. I had a basic grasp of HTML and a little knowledge of SQL, and for me this book was pitched prefectly.
It told me everything I needed to know in a straighforward and easily understood manner.
My phone list is in place now, less than a week after ordering this book, and I'm ready to tackle some more difficult challenges.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for an absolute beginner, but not cutting edge enough for novices
This is the second book I bought on the topic, after Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by George Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars Great PHP study guide!!
This book is ideal for those who really want to get right in programming in PHP and MySQL. This really helped me during my dissertation project!! Read more
Published 22 months ago by V. Basra

1.0 out of 5 stars Not For Beginners
I have a steadily growing library of 'Sitepoint' books which have so far taught me the basics of html and css. Read more
Published 23 months ago by John Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous step-by-step guide
There are many books out there claiming to help you build websites and attach a database backend to them - so how do you choose? Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2007 by E. Jones

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good book... but not the best
I've had this book for quite a while now... it's a good introduction to PHP for users epxerienced with HTML already. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2007 by M. Woods

5.0 out of 5 stars Up and running in 30 minutes!
With no idea of what I was really doing, I had downloaded and installed both PHP and MySQL and was up and running within half an hour (I mainly used ASP in the past just because... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2006 by Mr. John L. Dixon

5.0 out of 5 stars A readable and practical introduction to PHP and mySQL
As someone with prior knowledge of HTML but no experience of PHP or SQL databases I found this book to be a clear and immensely helpful introduction to the subject. Read more
Published on 19 April 2006 by Martin

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for someone starting out
i've been working on this book for one day and i'm already 70 pages through (can't put it down). before i read this book i didn't even understand variables or array's but its... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2005 by stephen_belfast

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for beginners in PHP
Brilliant book, clear cut and intresting. Works you through small examples while you learn the terminology.
Published on 14 Mar 2005

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