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Format: Paperback
Author: Luke Welling
ReleaseDate: 29 September, 2004
Publisher: Sams
Rating:

Good thorough intro to PHP and MySQL
Has all the intro and intermediate info you need. Well done, maybe 5 stars. Includes some best practices and programming concepts which I didn't want, so perhaps tries to include too much. But I'm being too picky. This book has everything one needs to get going with this technology and is thoughtfully presented. definitely recommended.

Love it! Highly recommended!
It makes everything amazingly easy to learn. I bought the first edition of this book several years ago and it has been my bible ever since. I didn't even have to sit down and do a read-through. I just skimmed it to start out, sat down in front of the 'puter, and flipped through the book to figure out how to code each part of my first PHP-MySQL site. It was almost too easy. I have created about a dozen database driven sites since, and I always pull the book out for a quick refresher before I start coding. I wish there were books this great for learning all web technologies.

The one to have

I bought 4, one about Mysql only, one for PHP only and 2 about Mysql+PHP. There is a bunch of books related to PHP and/or Mysql.
Surprisingly, this one is the best - even better than the dedicated ones.

The author starts by introducing PHP, follows Mysql, then elaborates on making projects with examples, guide to build Php+Mysql projects and use of advanced features.

Just start from page one and follow the explanations, examples and advices - you are a php+mysql programmer in no time.