PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming

by Ewald Geschwinde and Hans-Jurgen Schonig

Book Overview

Sams PHP and MySQL Web Development , by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson, showed that there is a strong demand for books that describe how to use PHP together with a specific open-source database to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672323826
• ISBN13: 9780672323829
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

excellent practical guide

Dispite some minor discrepencies pointed out by another reviewer, the information in this book is very useful. If you want to build complex database web applications with PHP, then Postgres is the right RDBMS to use and this book is the right book to guide you. Well worth the money.

No fluff. Jam-packed cover to cover!

There are few books in the technical world that can deliver so much bang for buck. G & S have done a fantastic job letting the world understand the power, performance, and effectiveness of PostgreSQL when paired with a fundamental scripting language like PHP. One of the scarcely covered topics in the book however is *where* to go for hosting once you've conquered PostgreSQL and PHP. Few hosting providers support PostgreSQL as their core offering. One of the few knowledged providers of web hosting services that I've come across is pgHoster... Many books cover too much history and background and skim the surface of topics. This book on the other hand takes a comprehensive dive into each topic one by one chapter by chapter so that you are left with no nook or cranny unsearched. The structure of the book is also well planned with a intuitive flow of thought. Rather than getting the audience installing the database at the beginning, you are first taught the fundamentals of PHP as well as it's idiosyncrasies. The bottom line? Buy this book if you want to get down and dirty with two fantastic open source technologies.A+ to Geschwinde and Schoenig!

A VERY good book

I am happy that some people seem to understand that there are other databases than MySQL on this planet.[Really] good book. I can recommend it to everyone looking for some cool database stuff.

A VERY good book

I am happy that some people seem to understand that there are other databases than MySQL on this planet.Damn good book. I can recommend it to everyone looking for some cool database stuff.

one of the few books to bring PHP and PostgreSQL together

I'm still in the process of reading this book and I have to say that I enjoy it very much. I have learned alot already. And what is really great is it focuses on PHP and PostgreSQL as a perfect team. The book does not divert my attention to MySQL which many other books do to much. I feel the book was well thought out and progresses me smoothly forward. Thank god for this book. I don't know what I would do without it.