PHP 4: A Beginner's Guide

by William McCarty

Helps to learn how to create forms, work with functions, use cookies, access relational databases, and debug scripts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072133716
• ISBN13: 9780072133714
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

good intro to PHP

Most programming is intuitive, you have to catch on or you don't make it in the programming world... This is a really good intro to PHP. What you start with in this book can then be filled in and filled out with online resources and a sharing community of fellow programmers and techs. And yes, PHP5 is in use now... but don't let that stop you from this introduction if you really want to jump in to implementing PHP for secure interactive content on your site!

This is the best PHP book I have found.

It is very helpful and includes quick reviews as well as practices to help gain hands-on experience. It starts with some very basic "this is what php is" and goes from there. It's definitely for beginners, and could even be for "Dummies." I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn PHP.

clear and easy to understand

This is my first review. I don't normaly write them except that I found this book to be exactly what I was looking for. I needed to learn php and I had to do it on my own.I am a complete beginner in this area.The chapters were clear and concise. The code was explained without 'over explaining" it.There are small quizes in each section to help reinforce the learning.I didn't find any problems with the source code.If you're looking for a place to start with php I don't think you can find a better book.

Great Book

I started web development writing out pages and pages of HTML and started to want a little more from my websites. I decided to learn a web programming language, and php was the language that i chose. I decided that if i were really going to learn the language, i would need to buy a book on it. After looking for a while, i found this book and from the reviews and other sources, it looked like a great book. After reading through the first couple of chapters and learning the basics of PHP i knew i had bought a good book. My favorite part about this book is the vast amounts of code snippets that it has incorporated into it. I can just look up something in the index, go to the page, type the code into my website, and that feature will be added to my site. I would suggest this book to anyone who wants a quick introduction into the PHP language. You dont need to know any previous knowledge about php, for it starts from the basics and works its way up.

An awesome book

I just recently bought this book, and i must say that it has helped me alot, and i am not even half way through it yet. i had always wanted to learn PHP, and i tried to get tutorials over the internet, but i was getting nowhere. then i saw this book and decided to pick it up. withing the night i got it, i was already writing simple PHP scripts. this book has moany visual example written out that you can modify and add to. overall, i would recommend it to anyone that wishes to learn the power of PHP!