Php And Mysql, Web Development

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“I’ve never purchased a better
programming book… This book proved to
be the most informative, easiest to follow,
and had the best examples of any other
computer-related book I have ever
purchased.The text is very easy to follow!”
—Nick Landman

“…the Sams book by Welling &
Thomson is the only one which I have
found to be indispensable.Thewriting is
clear and straightforward but never wastes
my time.The book is extremely well laid
out.The chapters are the right length and
chapter titles quickly take you where you
want to go.”
—Wright Sullivan, President, A&E
Engineering, Inc., Greer South Carolina

“I just wanted to tell you that I think the
book PHP and MySQL Web Development
rocks! It’s logically structured, just theright
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—CodE-E, Austria

“There are several good introductory
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build up complex and reliable systems. It’s
obvious that the authors have a strong background in the development of professionalapplications and they teach not only
the language itself, but also how to use it
with good software engineering practices.”
—Javier Garcia, senior telecom engineer,
Telefonica R&D Labs, Madrid

“I picked up this book two days ago
and I am half way finished. I just can’t put
it down.The layout and flow is perfect.
Everything is presented in such a way so
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The examples have also been wonderful.
I just had to take some time out to express
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—Jason B. Lancaster

“This book has proven a trusty
companion, with an excellent crash course
in PHP and superb coverage of MySQL as
used for Web applications. It also features
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—WebDynamic

“The true PHP/MySQL bible, PHP
and MySQL Web Development by Luke
Welling and Laura Thomson, made me
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—Tim Luoma,TnTLuoma.com

“Welling and Thomson’s book is a good
reference for those who want to get to
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bat. It includes webmail, shopping cart,
session control, and web-forum/weblog
applications as a matter of course, and
begins with a sturdy look at PHP first,moving to MySQL once the basics
are covered.”
—twilight30 on Slashdot

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“This book is absolutely excellent, to
say the least…. Luke Welling and Laura
Thomson give the best in-depth explanations I’ve come across on such things as
regular expressions, classes and objects,
sessions etc. I really feel this book filled in a
lot of gaps for me withthings I didn’t quite
understand….This book jumps right into
the functions and features most commonly
used with PHP, and from there it continues
in describing real-world projects, MySQL
integration, and security issues from a project manager’s point of view. I found every
bit of this book to be well organized and
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—notepad on codewalkers.com

“A top-notch referencefor
programmers using PHP and MySQL.
Highly recommended.”
—The Internet Writing Journal

“This is a well-written book for learning how to build Internet applications with
two of the most popular open-source Web
development technologies….The projects
are the real jewel of the book. Not only are
the projects described and constructed in a
logical, component-based manner, but the
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