PHP 5 Unleashed

by John Coggeshall

Book Overview

Over 12 million Internet domains worldwide use the PHP language to power their websites. If you are a programmer included in this group, or would like to be one, you should pick up a copy of PHP... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067232511X
• ISBN13: 9780672325113
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 819 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

alot of good stuff

This is your basic huge book of php concepts from the basics to the advanced. It reads more like a manual than a demonstration or tutorial. I would recomend it to anyone looking to get a good overview of php 5

An Excellent Book For The Intermediate PHP Programmer

After reading a PHP5 book in the past I was happy with it. However it was for beginers. I searched for something more advanced. This was it. PHP5 Unleashed goes over several advanced topics. In example there is Regular Expressions (aka. Regex), Advanced MySQL techniches, accessing the OS's programs (Like dd, cp, etc) and more. One thing I should note as that there are some parts that can't be done on Windows. To get the most of this book you need Linux. ( If you want Linux download the ISO image of Fedora Core 4 at fedora.redhat.com. It is great for beginers to Linux. You can also use Mandrakelinux ([...]) but it isn't as simple to use.) Also note that this book has a section for new users but it is small and you should buy a book for beginers first. Might I recommend "PHP5 Fast & Easy Web Development" for novices. A little disappointment is that this book shows you only how to INSTALL PEAR. It doesn't show you how to use it at all.