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Summary: UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK - a true reference
Review: UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK. I write that in all caps because I can't emphasize this enough: this is NOT a typical "let's show you PHP" book. There is no walk-from-beginning-to-end introduction.PHP Developer's Cookbook is for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED users that have already had their introduction, already used PHP for a while, and find themselves, while working on a project, saying, "How do you validate an email address?" or "How do we save sessions in a database?" This is a book of PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, broken into little categories for easy reference. (Look at the table of contents.) Of course you could go through it from start to finish and learn quite a bit, even if you're not working on a big project yet. All that being said, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PHP BOOKS I'VE EVER SEEN, and I've seen them all. It's the only one I'm going to keep on my desk now as I work. It's exactly what I was looking for. (I work on PHP projects all day, and am constantly searching the mailing lists to remember how to create drop-down-menus, how to process individual words in a text file, etc. This book has it all!) Combine this with the new feature on www.php.net that lets you type "www.php.net/functionname" to immediately look up the manual page for every PHP function, and you're all set! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Summary: UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK - a true reference
Review: UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK. I write that in all caps because I can't emphasize this enough: this is NOT a typical "let's show you PHP" book. There is no walk-from-beginning-to-end introduction. PHP Developer's Cookbook is for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED users that have already had their introduction, already used PHP for a while, and find themselves, while working on a project, saying, "How do you validate an email address?" or "How do we save sessions in a database?" This is a book of PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, broken into little categories for easy reference. (Look at the table of contents.) Of course you could go through it from start to finish and learn quite a bit, even if you're not working on a big project yet. All that being said, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PHP BOOKS I'VE EVER SEEN, and I've seen them all. It's the only one I'm going to keep on my desk now as I work. It's exactly what I was looking for. (I work on PHP projects all day, and am constantly searching the mailing lists to remember how to create drop-down-menus, how to process individual words in a text file, etc. This book has it all!) Combine this with the new feature on www.php.net that lets you type "www.php.net/functionname" to immediately look up the manual page for every PHP function, and you're all set! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Summary: its a right choice for php developer and php programmers
Review: we the owner of www.hiddenbrains.com are a leading php developer and solution provider, making e-commerce applications,web applications, developed more then 200 websites using php and mysql, we are allways using this book for our reference.
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jugal kishore chhawchharia
http://www.hiddenbrains.com
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Summary: McBook
Review: what is a McBook? "A quick,cheap book which can fulfill your hungry,but lack of extra vitamins". Yes,it is quick.You can find out what u need quickly,especially some simple questions,e.g. converting ascii to html,which you don't want to write a function yourself.Then this book is for you. Given the size of this book is small,u can't find extra vitamin that is essential to keep your body healthy,youu really need a good intro book,e.g. teach yourself php4 in 24hrs. and a guide book which contains long examples.e.g. shopping cart,discussion borad,e.g. professional php programming from wrox,or php/mysql application from mindware.
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Summary: Deserves a spot next to all your O'Reillys
Review: Which isn't to say it's a pure reference book, just in the class for people who are serious about using a language. This book is like having a knowledgeable coworker who gives good examples. This is useful for people who are experienced with the language, but are self-taught (and/or work alone), and want a perspective into another person's style of problem-solving.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: Without a doubt this is a must-have for any serious medium-to-advance level PHP coder.
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Summary: Good receipts to cook PHP programs
Review: You might find that receipts in this cookbook are useful as well as easy to use. It covers major functions to program in PHP. However, this book does not cover many useful commands, which you might use to make advance software in PHP. This book will become more useful when you also buy the PHP 4 Developer's Guide written by Blake Schwendiman and merely one of the must have books for any web developers.
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