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PHP Bible 2nd Edition

by Tim Converse (Author), Joyce Park (Author)

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* Covers why users need PHP, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL or Oracle databases.
* Authors have extensive experience using PHP and provide case studies of how and where to use PHP.
* Covers advanced topics, such as HTTP, cookies, Web services, redirection, building graphics, and sessions.

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0764549553
ISBN-13

978-0764549557
Edition

2nd
Publisher

Wiley
Publication date

October 3, 2002
Language

English
Dimensions

7.44 x 2.3 x 9.39 inches
Print length

1032 pages
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"This book was all that I needed to learn PHP. Far more than a language reference, it contains the advice and recommendations of two true PHP experts."
-Jeff Barr, Founder and Developer, Syndic8.com
* Get up to speed fast on PHP programming fundamentals
* Explore the ins and outs of MySQL and Oracle database connectivity
* Master new features for XML parsing, Web services, graphics, and more

If PHP can do it, you can do it too . . .

If you want to create dynamic, database-driven Web content, you will not find a better, more cost-effective tool than PHP. Now expanded with more case study examples and thoroughly updated to cover the latest features of PHP 4.2, this is the one good book on PHP you need, whether you're a Web designer, a programmer, or an ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion veteran. From programming and database connectivity basics (including all-new coverage of Oracle) to weblogs, cookies, e-mail, XML, Web services, graphics, security, and more, it delivers all the tips, techniques, and "gotchas" you need to get up and running quickly - and take PHP to the limit.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of PHP
* Get up to speed on PHP programming using a running fitness calculator example
* Connect HTML-based Web pages to MySQL or Oracle databases
* Create database-linked forms
* Use PHP to output JavaScript or send e-mail
* Harness new PHP features for XML applications and Web services
* Generate on-the-fly graphics using the GD library
* Integrate other people's PHP into your applications - skins, styles, and more
* Get the scoop on security, cryptography, configuration, and tuning
* Put it all together with two complete case study examples - a user authentication system and a trivia game

About the Author

Tim Converse has written software to recommend neckties, answer questions about space stations, pick value stocks, and make a simulated breakfast. He has an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago, where he taught several programming classes. He is now a software engineer at Inktomi Corporation.

Joyce Park has an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago and has worked on several content-rich PHP Web sites, including the award-winning MysteryGuide.com. Her writing has garnered praise from the editors and readers of Slashdot, OSOpinion, Linux.com, and many others worldwide. Joyce is now a senior Web developer at KnowNow, Inc.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 2nd edition (October 3, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1032 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764549553
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764549557
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.12 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 2.3 x 9.39 inches

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Phil

Needs Updating for PHP 5 / otherwise good.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2006

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This is one of the books I used starting in 2004 to learn PHP. I still find myself returning to it from time to time. There are easier books for the PHP newbie such as Larry Ullman's PHP for the WWW, but this book can work OK for a newbie. PHP Bible (2nd) is way too big to read cover to cover, but functions well as a refresher & reference. I believe it is a decent basic to intermediate level PHP book. It covers subjects with a good balance of direct information & good short examples, without being too verbose.

I find the official PHP manual difficult at times, with no other simple straight forward reference books available. That probably makes PHP Bible the best reference for a beginning to intermediate PHP programmer. Anyone who is truly an advanced PHP programmer will find this book too simplistic and rudimentary.

The biggest problem is that PHP5 has been out for about two years and PHP Bible has not been updated yet. If there was another good PHP reference around, I would rate PHP Bible 3 stars, but under the circumstances, it gets 4 stars.

I do not love this book, but it functions well, and makes a good investment for anyone serious about PHP.

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Thomas Dunham

Worked for me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2005

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I was very pleased when I received this book (and, in general, am very happy with most of the "______ Bible" reference books).

As an experienced ASP, VBScript, PERL, etc... programmer, when I was approached to write a site in PHP, I needed a book to get me up to speed in this language with the quickness.

Explains everything from deployment to security concerns in an easy to read fashion, covers all of the usual suspects (POST, GET, ODBC, fair amount of mySQL, etc...) and common PHP conventions/algorithms.

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W. Benedek

Comprehensive

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2004

This book has a wealth of information, even though its organization of the subjects leaves something to be desired. Some reviewers state it is good for beginners, I refute it. Except for a few chapters, the book is definitely not for beginners. There is so much information on so many pages that important concepts get lost amongst those which are less important. Possibly, the connotation of calling the book a Bible inspired the extensive subject coverage.

Reading this book, I often had the impression that examples had some details lacking, when partial scripts were given. It was impossible not to compare this book to Larry Ullman's PHP for the World Wide Web, which had its examples presented in the clearest possible way.

In spite of some comments detracting from the value of the book, it is comprehensive, and covers more subject areas than other PHP books. Between this book and the PHP Manual a student can make up his or her own examples, and learn that way. If I had more ambition I would, with the author's and the publisher's blessing, write an adjunct book with detailed and tested examples to complement this Bible. I find it difficult to decide whether I should rate it three or four stars. Knowing the monumental work it had taken to write this book, I give it four stars.

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Carlo Muccini

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2015

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the BIG BOOK of PHP complete of every detail and examples

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JASTMI.com

Know nothing about PHP? Stay away of this book...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2004

At first sight, it looks a nice book and after you notice its hundreds of pages you may think "I've found THE book to start learning PHP". Nothing could be more wrong!! If you know nothing about PHP just stay away of this book. It's not well structured (you hardly find what you want by using the index), the author wastes paper with silly advices (not speaking about the first chapters which are really needless) and the examples all along the book don't work as an invitation to keep reading it... I bought it as a victim of a good marketing operation but now I sell it together with MySQL Bible on a good price to those who don't believe me.

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Carlos Ruiz Ortega

Simply Great!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2005

This book is simply GREAT!
All your doubts about PHP will disappear... it contains absolutely all that you want to know about PHP to make great applications related with your website.
One of the best things about this book is that you can start from ZERO. You don't have to be an expert computer engineer nor know anything about PHP, it is explained here from the most simple variable to the most complicated and advanced technique between PHP and MySQL.

It contains a lot of information (well, it's a big book... more that 1000 pages) and a lot of examples that are so simple that anyone could understand.

Also, this book talk about many other issues related with PHP, like Data Bases, XML, etc...

Buy it, I really recommend it for ANYONE...

A LITTLE WARNING:
If you want to use this great book, you have to know at least a little bit of HTML, because PHP is a language that improves HTML... If you don't know anything about HTML, you'll not love this book as much as I love it... so, I recommend that before you get this book, you study some HTML : )

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Bill Manning

Good Overall Tutorial - Lacks Advanced Info

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 4, 2003

I bought this book because I needed a good PHP reference, and I don't regret it. It is current through PHP 4.2 and it describes many features that are available in Zend Engine 2 (ZE2 wasn't released yet at time of publication).
It is an easy read (an important element often overlooked in technical references), without leaving out any of the requisite technical 'goodies', but I would have liked a little more in-depth advanced information. While technically correct, several 'advanced' topics only received the most superficial of explanations, and in one case, a common (and beguiling) misconception involving Object Oriented Programming techniques was explained away as "Obscure".
There are plenty of excellent discussions about the most awkward aspects of PHP development, and it is obvious that the authors are experienced web developers. I learned much that I didn't know, and I enjoyed the authors' candor when, in several instances, they admit that they were confused or stumped at first by one feature or another.
I think most beginning to intermediate web developers, whether independent or as part of a team, will find this book very useful and full of good information; but if you need a truly advanced understanding of PHP, you'd better look elsewhere.

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