Rating: 
Summary: Know nothing about PHP? Stay away of this book...
Review: At first sight, it looks a nice book and after you notice its hundreds of pages you may think "I've found THE book to start learning PHP". Nothing could be more wrong!! If you know nothing about PHP just stay away of this book. It's not well structured (you hardly find what you want by using the index), the author wastes paper with silly advices (not speaking about the first chapters which are really needless) and the examples all along the book don't work as an invitation to keep reading it... I bought it as a victim of a good marketing operation but now I sell it together with MySQL Bible on a good price to those who don't believe me.
Rating:
Summary: Know nothing about PHP? Stay away of this book...
Review: At first sight, it looks a nice book and after you notice its hundreds of pages you may think "I've found THE book to start learning PHP". Nothing could be more wrong!! If you know nothing about PHP just stay away of this book. It's not well structured (you hardly find what you want by using the index), the author wastes paper with silly advices (not speaking about the first chapters which are really needless) and the examples all along the book don't work as an invitation to keep reading it... I bought it as a victim of a good marketing operation but now I sell it together with MySQL Bible on a good price to those who don't believe me.
Rating: 
Summary: Great book
Review: I am a php programmer at UNL. I have been using this book for some time. PHP bible (2nd ed) is a great book for the beginners and intermediate programmers. And it also includes directions for the advanced users where to find code pieces, classes or programming techniques (like PEAR). The Language of this book is clear and concise. And the code samples works perfectly. If you are interested in PHP, this book is definitely worth checking out.
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Summary: Good Overall Tutorial - Lacks Advanced Info
Review: I bought this book because I needed a good PHP reference, and I don't regret it. It is current through PHP 4.2 and it describes many features that are available in Zend Engine 2 (ZE2 wasn't released yet at time of publication).It is an easy read (an important element often overlooked in technical references), without leaving out any of the requisite technical 'goodies', but I would have liked a little more in-depth advanced information. While technically correct, several 'advanced' topics only received the most superficial of explanations, and in one case, a common (and beguiling) misconception involving Object Oriented Programming techniques was explained away as "Obscure". There are plenty of excellent discussions about the most awkward aspects of PHP development, and it is obvious that the authors are experienced web developers. I learned much that I didn't know, and I enjoyed the authors' candor when, in several instances, they admit that they were confused or stumped at first by one feature or another. I think most beginning to intermediate web developers, whether independent or as part of a team, will find this book very useful and full of good information; but if you need a truly advanced understanding of PHP, you'd better look elsewhere.
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Summary: amazing
Review: I have bought a lot of books about a lot of computer-subjects but I have never bought a book
where the information was so well structured and explained.
It is a perfect guide for php beginners (such as myself about a month ago) and I have the impression that this book
is a great addition to the knowledge of more advanced php users.
With a lot of "ready-to-use" scripts they quide you from beginning php towards becomming an advanced php programmer.
I began this book about one month ago and now I am programming more serious work with great help from this book.
If you chouse to start programming php or want an addition to you're current knowledge this book
should be more than satisfying.
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Summary: Not a good book for experienced programmers
Review: I know that many people love this book, but I'm not one of them. I'm an experienced programmer and this book was not helpful to me. The way the book generalizes about programming concepts, databases and PHP itself makes me think that it is perhaps intended for beginners. Within the zillion pages that this book contains, I'm sure there is useful information. But the book rambles, it doesn't teach. Another book -- "PHP and MySQL Web Development" by Welling and Thomson -- takes an approach focused on real-world examples. That book works a lot better for me.
Rating:
Summary: Great for PHP Beginners or Intermediates.
Review: I'm a PHP beginner-intermediate, and I use this book on an open source project called mod_pubsub as my primary PHP reference for PHP through 4.2. The authors have an easy-to-read style, and they are very honest when it comes to what PHP can and cannot do. I definitely recommend this book for other PHP beginners and intermediates.
Rating:
Summary: Great for PHP Beginners or Intermediates.
Review: I'm a PHP beginner-intermediate, and I use this book on an open source project called mod_pubsub as my primary PHP reference for PHP through 4.2. The authors have an easy-to-read style, and they are very honest when it comes to what PHP can and cannot do. I definitely recommend this book for other PHP beginners and intermediates.
Rating:
Summary: Not a good book for experienced programmers
Review: Its a great book for our beginner to read that the codes and contects are very details. Also, the authors are very helpful that when I have problems in the book, they will teach me through email. So, my PHP become better now.. So if you are also a beginner, you must try this book
Rating:
Summary: Its a good book for Beginner
Review: Its a great book for our beginner to read that the codes and contects are very details. Also, the authors are very helpful that when I have problems in the book, they will teach me through email. So, my PHP become better now.. So if you are also a beginner, you must try this book
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