Spring Into PHP 5

By Steven Holzner and Holzner

A short, concise, fast-paced introduction to PHP 5 for professionals transitioning to the world's most popular web programming language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131498622
• ISBN13: 9780131498624
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Hands Down

This book is amazing. Its so easy as a training guide and resource. I used a 3M highlighter with Tabs and continue to use this book as a reference. This book goes through Baby steps to configuring things to get you launched into your own PHP applications. I've read the PHP 4 Bible which I would rate a 2. This book 'Spring Into PHP' is honestly the best PHP book I've purchased. My other recommendation is SitePoints PHP & MySQL book, though I would still choose this book for beginner to novice over any.

Comprehensive and wonderfully written!

I've been programming in c/c++ and java for 6 years now and recently at work was asked to give a facelift to our intranet site. Without this book I do not think I would have been able to complete all the requested task in such a short amount of time. This is probably one of the most well written php books I've ever read. Steven Holzner did a perfect job bringing the nuts and bolts of PHP to the world in such a clear and concise manner. The books pace is perfect for a newbie into the PHP world and though technical is very easy to read and understand. Through this book I was able to give our intranet site an overhaul and add features to it in no time, leaving me plenty of time to focus on other projects. If you need a quick jump start into PHP programming look no further.

Perfect for ADD

This is a great book for someone who understands some programming languages and wants a quick overview of what php can do, and how to do it. There are a lot of different subjects covered, but none in great detail. So if you have ADD like myself, this is the book for you! In my opinion it's a great deal too.

Great Starter

This book is a great starter. The approach is just as clear as the text is. It gets you into the meat of things right away, yet you don't feel overwhelmed. Yes, MySql is introduced towards the back and is hand-in-hand with PHP on almost every system that has one or the other. Your websites are bound to quickly become better looking, faster, and easier on resources. I wish I had gotten this book when I first started learning PHP. Great idea for new PHP developers and staff.

good starter for new programmers

"Spring into PHP 5" is a good book for those new to programming. Readers need a very basic knowledge of HTML. Anything intermediate, like forms, is explained. Programmers (especially those who know Perl) can still learn PHP from this book since each section is clearly marked. They should just be prepared to skim a lot. Books in this series consist of one to two page "chunks" grouped into chapters. Each chunk builds on previous ones, which provides for a nice flow. The chunks make it easy to understand what readers should get out of each section. Each chunk contains examples to apply these concepts. Many chunks also include screenshots of the input/output. I found the book to be very clear. The appendices provide an excellent language reference. My only real complaint is that the book could use some best practices. Especially on when not to use a language features. All in all, the book is WYSIWYG. It lets you "spring into PHP" and get started very quickly.