PHP & MySQL in Easy Steps

AWESOME. It's a complete and hotshot book for learning PHP, MySQL, and the relationship in between. However, this book is especially good for non-technical people as it elaborates too much and leaves out many technical generic details. It explains a lot about Windows-specific stuff. Also, the book is basically: overview on left page + a list on right page. Can't say whether that's good or bad, but was unconductive to my learning. Another last weakness: the book doesn't use the Apache from the LAMP. It uses Abyss. Although Abyss can do virtually all general stuff that Apache can, but there's a reason why Apache is most popular. Doesn't know whether it's a weakness or not either. In all, a good, stylish, flashy book that gets major concepts covered.

very good book, brought it for my brother, explanation is simple, pictures are clear and examples are simple too , very reasonable price and free shipping is great

EASY TO LEARN PHP, Thanks to the publisher

Good,short explain

This booking is really very good easy to undratand specially for beginner who just stared learning the PHP

1. Very basic level.2. Clear step by step method is absent for most of the topics.3. Concept is not clear, sometimes.4. The flavor of color is lost in Indian edition.I found this book tasteless. Waste of money and time. I don't recommend it. Book for dull people.

Clear and consize. And it is an Indian edition which means the language is easy to understand. Worth a buy, great value for money.

The book is not so bad but I have got the edition 2012, in the product description the edition is of 2017....so I am not happy after purchasing this book 😔😔

Another great addition to the in easy steps library. The series is the best resouce ive found. Easier to understand and the illustrated step by step instructions are fantastic

I must say i wish i found this series months ago. I tried to learn programming previously using those big 1,000-page technical books. All those books did was confuse me.This book explains in one page what the large books do in 20 pages. The format of the book makes it easy to follow, using color-coded programming code. One page explains the concept and the next is a coding exercise. The code that the book asks you to type up is simple enough to show you what is going on. A screenshot of the result is shown as well, at the bottom of the page.The book is light on programming jargon so the concept is simple enough for non-programmers to get it. Even if you don't get it, just re-read and glance at the code on the following page and it will be easy to pull the meaning out of the text.The book is rather small and light, which makes a good print book for a learner on-the-go. I believe it is around 192 pages long, inclusive of the index.I will be looking at more books in this series thanks to this book.The only I wish this author did with the book was notate how to get set up with non-local web server, such as a paid monthly/annually web server. I adapted the book's code and got the MySQL to verify its version, based on the MySQL exercise in the beginning of the book.Many people prefer XAMP for local web server for PHP, the book uses Abyss Web Server.

This book is a good starting point for anyone who wants to learn PHP & MYSQL, it gives you step-by-step instructions on how to get everything set-up and it's even in colour. However, the negative point of this is that it does not talk about the full PHP language, it gives a small overview but not detailed enough it talks about loops, if statements, arrays, strings but does not go in to much detail. The MYSQL part has a lot of detail.When your told to write some code it is nicely organized numbered down and in full colour, each step is easy to follow. (I guess that's why the call it easy-steps)Towards the end you make a forum, user registration (encrypted) and a shopping site all data driven. So I would say it is the perfect book for beginners and even those who actually know PHP I know some PHP I learned over the years but this was a nice refresher with MYSQL. (I don't know MYSQL+PHP)For the price it is a short (192 Pages) but good book. I finished it in 2 days.

Love the way every two pages consist of a lesson and exercise.Also, a list of some of my bug fixes:"Chapter 2: Describing dimensions"- Make sure you space the brackets "[ ]" in the second foreach loop or the brackets will be interpreted literally as a part of the array not a separate value."Chapter 4: Validating for data"- For testing email I used "/^[_A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Za-z0-9-]+)*(\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$/" for my pattern variable.

The 'In Easy Steps' series have never let me down, especially those (many) written by Mike McGrath. Strongly recommended for anyone starting with PHP/MySQL but also useful as a reference later one.