Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)

Description: This book was the first of five I now own on the topic, and while many of the criticisms written previously here are accurate (especially the irritating example code which doesn't show you the resulting output), I still find myself pulling this one off the shelf because of some of its virtues : 1) It's a decent introduction to PHP, because it won't overwhelm the first-time web programmer, and pretty much assumes you don't know much of anything 2) Despite the amazingly disorgranized approach to the topic, certain sections are quite useful : regular expressions, various sorting methods, generating graphics on the fly, and basic approaches to integrating HTML & PHP are well covered. 3) Even though it's an apparent ploy to boost the page count of a book of somewhat shallow content depth, the fact that the type is larger than average with huge bold headlines for each function really helps if you're just flipping through looking for something specific. 4) The cover is actually attractive .. ISBN: 0130893986 Release Date: 03 August, 2000 List Price: $31.49 Author: Leon Atkinson Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Last Updated: 06/26/2003

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