Product Description

With PHP for the World Wide Web, Third Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users this popular open-source scripting language. Leading technology author Larry Ullman guides readers through the new features in PHP 6, focusing primarily on improved support for handling any language in a Web site. Other addressed changes include removal of outdated and insecure features, plus new functions and more efficient ways to tackle common needs. Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the technology, and more intermediate users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here--in straightforward language and thorough readily accessible examples.

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Product Details

Publisher	Peachpit Press
ISBN	0321442490
Format	Paperback
Author	Larry Ullman
EAN	9780321442499
Label	Peachpit Press
Edition	3
Dewey Decimal Number	006.76
Studio	Peachpit Press
Number Of Pages	480
Title	PHP for the World Wide Web, Third Edition
Publication Date	2008-12-22
Manufacturer	Peachpit Press

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Customer Reviews

Great

Review by G. Stricklind, 2010-08-08

Still working through it but it has given me a great understanding of PHP. Great starter book ;)

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great book to begin php

Review by Ricky Tsao, 2010-05-10

Coming from a OOP language perspective, I was trying to get up to speed with PHP programming while learning Drupal module development and theming. I wanted something to familiarize myself with PHP and this book was it. Excellent explanation, very detail-oriented, and the examples are clear and concise.

The only complaint I have is on the cookies chapter where the code pieces are a bit broken up and you're not really sure how much more code you need to complete those examples. But other that, I'm very happy with it and would recommend it to anyone looking to dwell into PHP.

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A great book for "regular folks" who want to learn programming

Review by Nora McDougall, 2010-04-13

I reviewed this book as a text possibility for my Basic Web Programming course at The Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana. My students are people off the street - not CS students - who have day jobs in areas like heating and cooling, local government, sole proprietor businesses, graphic art, etc (all across the board.) If I were to teach this course like a CS course, these folks would never come back.

So, I needed a textbook that explains absolutely EVERYTHING, repeatedly. And I needed a textbook that would refer new skills back to previous material. My students aren't going to "get" the full meaning of any principle in one explanation. This book explains the little pieces and nuances that were a total mystery to me, when I was a CS student. Of course, as a CS student you are supposed to be very smart and just naturally understand everything without explanation or review, but that won't work in Adult Education.

Some Features that Make the Book User-friendly
- I like the fact that the code is shown in entirety and then also in pieces. This is a design feature that makes the book usable in my classroom situation.
- The explanation of principles is placed in Tips and boxes. In the design principle of "proximity," that means that the tips are right there, next to the relevant material. However, by pulling them out, they are easy to find, if the reader isn't going through the exercise. Neither does the extra instruction stop the flow of following the material.

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Not the best... Could be better...

Review by S. Coutinho, 2010-01-24

Being a little new to programming, I thought this book was for me. However, I was dissapointed. I have a good working knowledge of HTML... I had to refer to various other sources to learn...
Definitely not for beginners... Also the layout of text is just too complicated.

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Very useful book!

Review by Cynthia Franklin, 2009-12-12

I borrowed this one from the library, and ended up purchasing a copy. This volume is even more useful and readable to me than the PHP for Dummies book!

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