Comments on: PHP for the World Wide Web, Third Edition http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: reader http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 reader Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:58:12 +0000 http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/#comment-1153 There is no shortage of people who understand PHP. But people who understand it at a high level, yet can explain it to beginners, are rare. <br /> <br />Hats off to Larry Ullman, for he has accomplished this. I'm a non-programmer, and opened this book with great trepidation. Yet page after page, chapter after chapter, Ullman took me by the hand at exactly the right rate. <br /> <br />I was amazed...after a few chapters, I was marvelling to myself at how FUN PHP was! <br /> <br />I'm not sure how you did it, Larry, but you have some powerful juju going for you! <br /> <br />What a fantastic book! Rating: 5 / 5 There is no shortage of people who understand PHP. But people who understand it at a high level, yet can explain it to beginners, are rare.

Hats off to Larry Ullman, for he has accomplished this. I’m a non-programmer, and opened this book with great trepidation. Yet page after page, chapter after chapter, Ullman took me by the hand at exactly the right rate.

I was amazed…after a few chapters, I was marvelling to myself at how FUN PHP was!

I’m not sure how you did it, Larry, but you have some powerful juju going for you!

What a fantastic book!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Robert http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Robert Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:22:03 +0000 http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/#comment-1152 I can not say enough good things about this book. After mucking around and getting frustrated by several PHP books that were not written to be understood, I found this book. What a difference. Larry Ullman is a TEACHER! He takes you step by step through all the processes and the code. He makes it clear, understandable and even intuitive. His examples are real world, practical, and useful. He covers all the theory but with a dialogue that is geared to the average person. All the scripts are on his web site and he keeps them corrected and up to date. He even updated against evolution in the code standards. <br /> <br />Most importantly everything is relevant! Everything works! Everything is practicable, and everything builds knowledge and confidence. The chapters build progressively and by the time you get to databases and MySQL you can't wait to apply it. <br /> <br />His content outline and flow get you quickly to being competent as opposed to frustrated. You can actually internalize the lessons. He explains the normal mistakes and tells you how to correct them. His descriptions of where PHP fits into the whole web process is crystal clear and eye opening. <br /> <br />No cryptic references, no showing off by injecting other language syntax, or arcane examples. I could have saved hundreds of dollars and many months of frustration had I found this book first. Not only did I learn PHP but I learned how to program and build real commercial web sites. Plus, it is actually fun. <br /> <br />This book is worth a thousand stars but all I can give it is 5. Thank you Larry Ullman Rating: 5 / 5 I can not say enough good things about this book. After mucking around and getting frustrated by several PHP books that were not written to be understood, I found this book. What a difference. Larry Ullman is a TEACHER! He takes you step by step through all the processes and the code. He makes it clear, understandable and even intuitive. His examples are real world, practical, and useful. He covers all the theory but with a dialogue that is geared to the average person. All the scripts are on his web site and he keeps them corrected and up to date. He even updated against evolution in the code standards.

Most importantly everything is relevant! Everything works! Everything is practicable, and everything builds knowledge and confidence. The chapters build progressively and by the time you get to databases and MySQL you can’t wait to apply it.

His content outline and flow get you quickly to being competent as opposed to frustrated. You can actually internalize the lessons. He explains the normal mistakes and tells you how to correct them. His descriptions of where PHP fits into the whole web process is crystal clear and eye opening.

No cryptic references, no showing off by injecting other language syntax, or arcane examples. I could have saved hundreds of dollars and many months of frustration had I found this book first. Not only did I learn PHP but I learned how to program and build real commercial web sites. Plus, it is actually fun.

This book is worth a thousand stars but all I can give it is 5. Thank you Larry Ullman
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Kjell Inge Sandvik http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 Kjell Inge Sandvik Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:28:41 +0000 http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/#comment-1151 This is a very good book for those who take their first steps into PHP. <br />Intermediate and advanced users should buy something else. Rating: 5 / 5 This is a very good book for those who take their first steps into PHP.

Intermediate and advanced users should buy something else.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Cynthia Franklin http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Cynthia Franklin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:53:25 +0000 http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/#comment-1150 I borrowed this one from the library, and ended up purchasing a copy. This volume is even more useful and readable to me than the PHP for Dummies book! Rating: 5 / 5 I borrowed this one from the library, and ended up purchasing a copy. This volume is even more useful and readable to me than the PHP for Dummies book!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Bianca N. Tebault http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Bianca N. Tebault Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:54:30 +0000 http://computingguy.com/2010/01/php-for-the-world-wide-web-third-edition/#comment-1149 considering this book came from 15 miles from me it took 2 weeks to get :( Rating: 3 / 5 considering this book came from 15 miles from me it took 2 weeks to get :(
Rating: 3 / 5

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