PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites

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  mixed feelings

  this book puzzles me.
  i don't like its format. i think a lot of space is wasted, having the full code on one side of half a page and a line-by-line commentary of the same code on the other half page.
  but ..
  it's the first book for beginners that tries to develope the idea of templating from the star ... (continue)

  this book puzzles me.
  i don't like its format. i think a lot of space is wasted, having the full code on one side of half a page and a line-by-line commentary of the same code on the other half page.
  but ..
  it's the first book for beginners that tries to develope the idea of templating from the start. and i think this is a very good idea.
  on the other side, the book is victim of its own medicine. for instance, it talks about functions, why you should use them (code reuse, avoiding "copy and paste" over and over, bla bla bla) but then, when the time comes to use functions, they're not there.
  an example: there's a little website developed as an example, where more than once the email format is checked. why not using a function, instead of copying and pasting the same preg_match?
  it's a one liner, ok, but it's a good example of unreadable code that can be hidden by a well-named function (check_email_format) and made readable. and also, once you decide to change the regex you use, you don't have to 'grep' for all those preg_match in your code.
  another example: big talk about security and sql-injection. solution: use prepared statement. alright. then, for pages and pages, you only see mysql_escape_string ...

  the whole thing about how php6 will be great for uft8 support speaks for itself (this is not against the author): utf8 kill php6, so long live php5.

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  Andrew "Ender" Wiggin said on Jan 17, 2012 | Add your feedback

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  Mainly for beginners

  This book is decent: it will provide the basics and the essentials of PHP and SQL, and the re-printing of the code on every page that refers to it makes it easier to read (albeit more expensive due to the increased page count). However, this book is likely to satiate needs of web developers up to an ... (continue)

  This book is decent: it will provide the basics and the essentials of PHP and SQL, and the re-printing of the code on every page that refers to it makes it easier to read (albeit more expensive due to the increased page count). However, this book is likely to satiate needs of web developers up to an intermediate level; it will not help sufficiently in solving 'How do I...' questions of much complexity, and the Internet would be a more helpful resource than this book in the long term. For a more thorough book, I recommend PHP & MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling.

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  jaml said on Jan 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 648 Pages
• ISBN-10: 032152599X
• ISBN-13: 9780321525994
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Pub date: Dec 29, 2007
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1161 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Others

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