PHP Essentials (Prima Tech Linux Series)

This book is well written, but I was expecting more contents.

If you are new to PHP, this is the book to get. Dont go anywhere, this book is simply one of the best introductory books on computer programming i have ever bought. It makes PHP learning fast, fun and easy. It not just covers PHP alone but also covers Databases and teaches SQL from the ground up with code for almost all the known databases in the industry.Thank you Julie Meloni, you are great.

I'm a big fan of this book. I used the first edition to put a modest web commerce site up in about three weeks of spare time (see it at www.privategalaxy.com). Using only this book, I learned what I needed of how to use the freeware language PHP and the excellent freeware database MySQL (in fact I learned SQL from this book). And these two programs are a great combination supported by a large number of web hosting sites... Read Full Review

this book made it all clear to me! i've programmed in perl but i was just going through the motions. i picked up this book to learn PHP and now I really understand what I'm doing when I'm told to type something. most books just assume you do. the examples are useful and from the real world. I'm so happy I found this book!

I recently bought this book as a quick primer for an office project and i must say it was a refreshing read. Having spent the last 8 months learning javascript from various confusing and muddled sources, the intro to PHP here made me feel as if I'd bumped my head and web development suddenly crytallized! The instructions were clear, concise and nearly too well meaning. The code examples helped me to quickly apply my c knowledge... Read Full Review