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Summary: Highly recommened for web developers with basic/intermediate
Review: If you are completely new to PHP, just forget about this book!
If you are looking for complete programming solutions, do so as well!
However, if you have some basic experience with PHP and MySQL this book is just great.
This book deserves the word "cookbook" as it contains over 600 pages of receipts (do not expect big explanations, but just snippets of code), which will help you to solve many problems. And the best of this book - in my personal opinion - is, that by reading it, you will find a lot of problems/solutions/ideas you have not thought about before.
Be warned: This book is not a real "help" for anybody who looks for the easy solution, but it will definitely help YOU to develop your site and develop yourself.
Just buy it - it's well worth the money and if this book won't pay out, none will!
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Like having the professor at my side. Articulate. Full of good ideas and helpful explanations. Must have for programmers!
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Summary: This book offers real solutions for real issues.
Review: Most books cover commands and functions as though they were disembodied topics and don't relate them to the real world.PHP Cookbook must be written by a "real developer" because he addresses actual everyday issues and illustrates practical solutions that you can use in your own applications. I highly recommend this book. - Hank Castello
compusolver.com
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Summary: This book offers real solutions for real issues.
Review: Most books cover commands and functions as though they were disembodied topics and don't relate them to the real world. PHP Cookbook must be written by a "real developer" because he addresses actual everyday issues and illustrates practical solutions that you can use in your own applications. I highly recommend this book. - Hank Castello
compusolver.com
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Summary: Real Coders, Real Code
Review: Sklar and Trachtenberg bring a great depth of programming experience to this incredibly useful cookbook. The clever code concoctions presented here have been refined by them in massive, real-world applications serving millions of users. If you have used some of the best sites ever delivered on the net, you have probably already used thier code. If you want to know how it is really done, buy this book!
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Summary: WITH SOME DRAWBACKS, BUT STILL A GOOD BOOK
Review: The main preoccupation of this book is finding solutions to common PHP programming problems. It contains a series of instructions on how best, programmers and/or web designers, who monitor dynamic web contents could apply scripting language. This book would arouse the interest of anyone who already knows the fundamentals of PHP.
Its main drawback is that it is overtly abridged. Fledging PHP followers may criticize it for lacking the type of depth and practical application that non-advanced learners would want. Still, it is not a bad book to spend your wad on.
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Summary: Sklar and Trachtenberg's Expertise Shines Through
Review: There's really no other way to describe "The PHP Cookbook" than to point out that Trachtenberg and Sklar are obvious experts in their fields. Easy to read, concise and simple to understand, this coding cookbook provides a soup-to-nuts approach to PHP. With just an average understanding of computer code and the will to learn an exciting new approach, "The PHP Cookbook" is a choice guide for those interested.
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Summary: Filled with GREAT examples
Review: This book has been a lifesaver for me. As is the case with all those in the Cookbook series, this book is filled with practical examples. This isn't a tutorial book, but honestly, this book combined with the online docs were all I needed to build my own web site based around PHP. I definitely encourage you to buy this book if you're hoping to learn PHP!
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Summary: combo offer??
Review: This book is a collection of smallish code snippets that don't go into depth, but may be useful for your programming needs if you have very basic PHP knowledge.
If you want a truly indepth cookbook with
full blown practical solutions that you
can reuse in your own applications, then
you must own a copy of the "PHP web development
solutions" book from Wrox.
I won both these books, and i have benefitted from reading the two...
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Summary: Allow Unix scripters to learn PHP in record time.
Review: This book, utilizing O'Reilly's cookbook format, starts each chapter with common tasks and describes nearly every aspect of PHP required to perform the task. I have previous Unix scripting experience and I was quickly able to develop quality PHP applications in a very short amount of time. The cookbook format allows me to easily return to important sections for refresher information.... thus making this a great learning tool and an excellent reference.
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