PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickpro Guide

Went through the first one..this one by Larry Ulman as well taught me much more.

Coming from the world of ASP/VBS, etc., I thoroughly searched the local generic huge book store chain, and thumbed through and finally selected 3 books to teach me PHP/mySQL. Only after I got home and read 'em in depth did I realize they were all written by the same guy, Larry Ullman: MySQL; PHP for the WWW; and PHP Advanced. All three books are great, they are easy to follow, I am getting better and better jobs because of the skills I've gleaned from these books. The author also hosts a forum for poeple who have questions about what's in the boks. Very helpful stuff, you'll benefit from it.

I have read several books on PHP and MYSQL and I would like to say this is the best book I have read on the subject. Not only does the author explain what everything is, he also puts everything in examples that are easy to read and to comprehend. If you have some PHP and MYSQL knowledge and would like to expand on your knowledge without paying a lot or waste your time reading for hours, this is a great book for you. It will get you up and going in no time.

As a seasoned programmer most books for languages are aimed at the newbie to programming. I spent about 30minutes at my local bookstore trying to find a PHP book that was targeted at people like myself. I've read several books in the visual quickstart series, and weren't a lot of help. This book, even though it's in a different series (visual quickpro guide) as the quickstart series put me off. But, in the end I bought this one because it really was aimed at the advanced programmer. Covering subjects like XML, classes and OOP with actually useful examples of real-life code, this book is great.

If you ever read a book from Peachpit Press, then you know what the wonderful Visual QuickPro Guides are like. PHP Advanced Visual QuickPro Guide uses pictures rather than lengthy explanations. You'll be learning the more advanced features of PHP no time!" Larry Ullman's book on PHP is a great place to start when you are looking to advance your skills.PHP is such a hot topic on the web now, that there are so many books out there on the subject, and so many of them make it more complicated then it really is. This book does a great job at teaching you the advanced use of PHP scripting. The author explains all the code that he has written, and goes through it in a language that anyone can understand.