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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL Web Development (Programmer to Programmer)
by Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K. Glass
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wrox (2005-02-04)
ISBN: 0764579665
EAN: 9780764579660
Dewey Decimal #: 005.2762
Binding/Media: Paperback - 816 pages
SKU: 102009-2066
Condition: New
Comments: 0764579665 Brand new, may have wear on cover, we have a HUGE selection of computer books at great prices! All discs included if issued by publisher. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This update to a Wrox bestseller dives in and guides the reader through the entire process of creating dynamic, data-driven sites using the open source "AMP" model: Apache Web server, the MySQL database system, and the PHP scripting language. The team of expert authors covers PHP scripting, database management, security, integration, and e-commerce functions and comes complete with a useful syntax reference. - Showcases three fully functional Web site examples, with implementations for both Windows and Linux, that readers can incorporate into their own projects
- Updates include a new chapter on PHP5 features and functions, a new example Web site application, and updates to PHP5 throughout the text
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Customer Reviews
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Do not buy !!!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2009-10-10
I purchased this book after a few minuets of flipping through the first couple of chapters. They seemed to do a good enough job with the WHAT and WHY aspect of learning. That soon changed as I got through further chapters of the book. It's quite evident that the developers of the code/book thought the reader would be able to grasp concepts of the code rather than just plainly explaining HOW and WHY it was written that way. Very frustrating book if you are new to PHP mysql. I then purchased the HEAD FIRST book on beginning PHP and mysql and it was a world of difference. WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY better book. Explains everything in detail (sometimes too much) but you certainly get everything drilled into your brain as any good teacher would do to make sure you absolutely understand your topic. Anyway, this book here was a waste of time and is, from my perspective, a suckers snare trap if you're new and not sure what book to start with. It is a big book though, and I'm sure it will make for good fire starter!
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Not exactly what I was looking for
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-09-26
I liked the premise so much that I ignored the warnings of others harmed before me.
Yes this is yet another left-hemisphere didactic that simply does not work in a learning paradigm.
Combine the dreary approach with with the more- than- plentiful coding errors, several per page, and you have it! The reason I took the time here, which I otherwise would not have considered.
Six chapters and out, capitalism lives, at the cost of three days of my life.
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Incorrect code and bad programming
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-09-10
I'm not very happy with this book. The code examples contain errors - even the latest versions of the some of the pages that you can download from their website won't run because of things like missing curly braces or similar type-o's. I would understand a couple of errors here or there, but surely they could make sure that the code they put in the book and online actually runs?
Also, the programming advice and style they give isn't very good, and occasionally contradicts each other from one chapter to another. I have experience with other programming languages, so I know that some of the ways that they recommend you do things are both more complicated and less efficient than other ways.
All that said, I am learning what I wanted to learn - I just think there must be better books than this out there!
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Muy buen libro
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-01-15
Buen libro para comenzar a programar en PHP, trae cosas utiles, desde la instalacio de los componentes separados, hasta manejo de imagenes, conexion a mysql, etc.
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This is an awful book
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-11-10
I have read several PHP-MySQL books recently. I would not recommend purchase or even wasting time reading this book. Others have said it is very out of date with MySQL and it is, however it also has so many errors in the sample code it makes the language near impossible to learn. The downloaded code from the 'Wrox' site is no better. After 3 years on the site it hasn't been fixed. All one needs to do is look at the book's forum on the site, particularly threads about Chapter 6 and Chapter 10 to see the un-addressed errors. Readers have attempted to post fixes but often it's a case of the blind leading the blind as their fixes don't work either. This book was basically a minor rewrite of the same book published in 2004 with most of the same errors. It was also written by committee which is rarely a good book to buy. In this case the authors can stand in a circle and point left as to whose fault this rotten code is. They and the publisher apparently have no shame or sense of duty to correct the online code so the book would be useful. A new version is due in 2009 with most of the same authors but after two failures I don't see how this update will be more accurate. I did down load the Chapter 10 code of the new book and found that it works. However they did not just fix this books code, they completely rewrote the code and simplified it making it not so useful to use for this book. I know this review is very harsh but I believe it is well deserved by all those involved in publishing this book.
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