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MySQL & PHP From Scratch

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Like the first reviewer, I ordered this book while it is still not published. I have read the other PHP books and I was eager to get this book that will show me how to write a webbased email system.

Imagine my surprise when I tore open the book and found that it was more of an installation manuals for Linux, PHP, MySQL and IMP rather than a programming guide. Chapter 1 was a diaster as I don't even know what's going on because it probably uses material in Chapter 3 to 5, Chapter 2 is where you are surposed to go and download the files, chapter 3 went off into never never land, 'explaining' commands of MySQL which I have no ideas what the author was talking about.

And Half the book was Appendix A on PHP.

If I wanted a history book and an installation manual and a quick reference to PHP I would have bought them seperately.

Summary, the book did not even come close to what it promised. I hope the author or Que would at least accept a refund for publishing an outdated, useless paperweight

This book is an absolute waste of both your time and your money. It basically contains the PHP and MySql manuals available for free from their websites.

There is virtually no actual content from the author to help you learn PHP or MySQL.

If you are looking for a good book on PHP and MySql check out PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson

Yes,247 pages out of 347 pages of this lame book is a complete reprint of php manual,which you can find on php.net for free.

The first 111 pages about mysql ,php ,apache and imp are just reprints of their installation manuals,which are also freely available online.

I have no ideas why QUE publishes this kind of "book".

This has to be the worst programming book I have ever read. The code will be over the head of a novice without explanation, and for the experienced PHP coder a waste of time.

I purchased this book thinking it would be good for some help on a project I am working on, and it was... it helped keep a number of papers from blowing around on my desk. If you are looking for a book to help you with PHP and/or MySQL, this is the last book I would ever recommend to you. There are other books available on Amazon that would be a much better place for people at any level of experience.

I wish I could actually charge the author for having read this one, because it did waste alot of time, so dont waste yours.

I bought this book before publication, being seduced by the title. I expected a beginners book with tutorials. Instead, it seems to be an abbreviated distillation of PHP and mysql syntax manuals, along with a very lengthy discussion of how to install PHP etc. Nothing in this book is helpful. For the beginner, get PHP Fast & Easy PHP Web Development by Meloni....lots of good tutorial examplies integrating PHP.

I was rather excited when Amazon alerted me on this book. I had been looking for a book which would help me with developing a web-based email application for ages.

I was extremely disappointed when I finally received the book. It was totally misleading!

If you are looking for a book to understand what tools and software is required for developing web based applications then you might find it useful but then again any MySql and PHP book will explain.

It unfortunately does not take you under the hood to see how the MySql database is designed/created or writing the necessary PHP code to integrate it all.

This book is not very helpful. It spends one third of its content to cover specific installations, almost other two thirds for an appendix of PHP term listing.

I don't think it delivers the purpose as its titile says.

This book could not possibly be better for simply looking up syntax. If you already know how to program this is perfect. The only weak point is the printf format syntax, though even that is decent.

This book was a major disappointment. I had expected to gain some knowledge on how to administrer a site with a bunch of users in the form of a mailhotel, and perhaps get to know some of the tricks of MySQL. All it does is to show how Maxfield solved _one_ particular problem.

I can't think of any group to which this book should give any benifit. Experienced programmers won't learn anything new. New programmers wont get the point, and the appendix is not better than Core PHP Programming... I wish I could have my money back...

If you want to learn PHP & MySQL, you will NOT find in this book. Much of it is reference. I bought it used for about a third of its price, but still feel a waste of money.