Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition by W. Jason Gilmore is a good resource to get you started on your way. <br /> <br />After the brief history the book jumps right into installing and configuration then right into PHP basic; syntax, tags, data types. Then it's not long before you are writing functions, then using arrays, and then one of the most updated features of PHP 5, OOP. The book keeps moving right along into advanced features like error handling, regular expressions, networking , how to use Smarty ,MVC and the Zend Framework. then the book begin explain MySQL . By the end of this book you should have no problems writing PHP and MySQL enabled web pages and applications. <br /> <br />This book is a perfect mix of what someone new to PHP needs to know as well as providing advanced material and a reference once you have a grasp of the basics. So to summarize, if you want to learn PHP, buy this book. <br /> <br />The following is the contents of the book: <br /> <br /> * CHAPTER 1 Introducing PHP <br /> * CHAPTER 2 Configuring Your Environment <br /> * CHAPTER 3 PHP Basics <br /> * CHAPTER 4 Functions <br /> * CHAPTER 5 Arrays <br /> * CHAPTER 6 Object-Oriented PHP <br /> * CHAPTER 7 Advanced OOP Features <br /> * CHAPTER 8 Error and Exception Handling <br /> * CHAPTER 9 Strings and Regular Expressions <br /> * CHAPTER 10 Working with the File and Operating System <br /> * CHAPTER 11 PEAR <br /> * CHAPTER 12 Date and Time <br /> * CHAPTER 13 Forms <br /> * CHAPTER 14 Authenticating Your Users <br /> * CHAPTER 15 Handling File Uploads <br /> * CHAPTER 16 Networking <br /> * CHAPTER 17 PHP and LDAP <br /> * CHAPTER 18 Session Handlers <br /> * CHAPTER 19 Templating with Smarty <br /> * CHAPTER 20 Web Services <br /> * CHAPTER 21 Secure PHP Programming <br /> * CHAPTER 22 SQLite <br /> * CHAPTER 23 Building Web Sites for the World <br /> * CHAPTER 24 MVC and the Zend Framework <br /> * CHAPTER 25 Introducing MySQL <br /> * CHAPTER 26 Installing and Configuring MySQL <br /> * CHAPTER 27 The Many MySQL Clients <br /> * CHAPTER 28 MySQL Storage Engines and Datatypes <br /> * CHAPTER 29 Securing MySQL <br /> * CHAPTER 30 Using PHP with MySQL <br /> * CHAPTER 31 Introducing PDO <br /> * CHAPTER 32 Stored Routines <br /> * CHAPTER 33 MySQL Triggers <br /> * CHAPTER 34 MySQL Views <br /> * CHAPTER 35 Practical Database Queries <br /> * CHAPTER 36 Indexes and Searching <br /> * CHAPTER 37 Transactions <br /> * CHAPTER 38 Importing and Exporting Data

When i purchased this book, I was expecting a Computer book. To my surprise <br />the book i purchased contained all the information that i was interested in learning(PHP, MySQL, database) as well as provided a great reading experience. <br /> <br />This book is very interactive and fun to read. The author makes you feel part of the learning process and guides you through learning effectively not only about PHP,MySQL and many tricks of the trade, but also about a lot of other stuff that you most likely did not expect to learn. This will make it this much easier to learn to work with a different platform(Oracle etc.) <br /> <br />Not only do i recommend this book, I urge you to read it as it's a lot more than what the Product Description assumes. This is one of the best computer books that i have ever read, and it's sample code is fantastic. <br /> <br /> <br />Congratulations W. Jason Gilmore <br /> <br />And Thank you for allowing me to learn while having fun <br /> <br />Best Regards <br /> <br />J.B <br /> <br />

This is a great book for any web designer no matter what your experience level. It is a great reference and I was able to teach myself what was needed using this book!