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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 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