Php Books
PHP 5 for Dummies
Format: Paperback
Author: Janet Valade
ReleaseDate: 30 April, 2004
Publisher: For Dummies
Rating:
Yes, the author reads the reviews. 
That's me. Yes, the author reads the reviews here. The error in which a few quotes were replaced with underscores occurred during the publishing process, after I was finished with the book. I didn't know about the errors until I saw the earlier review here. However, there is no way to fix it. If the book is reprinted or a second edition is released, I can fix the errors, but not until then. I wish I could. I apologize to any who were confused by this problem.
There are 8 quotes replaced with underscores on 4 lines in Chapter 3, 2 quotes replaced with underscores on 1 line in Chapter 4, and 20 quotes replaced with underscores on 8 lines in Chapter 5. I have a list of the errors and corrections on my web site at janet. valade. com/php5errors. html.
Editor must have been on vacation!!! 
I finally figured out that when you see an underscore, it might really be a single or double quote. Although I am learning a lot from this book, I am frustrated by the number of typo's.. .
Now, I need to go back and make sure if an underscore ever really means underscore. . .
Does the author of these books ever read these reviews???.
Unquestionably the best book to start with.
There is a web site with the source code of every sample. The samples are very well described, easy to understand (it IS for dummies) and they are about the most common use of PHP.
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