Anyone read the book "PHP and MySQL web development" ?? If so , what do you think about it?

Interesting you should ask that. I'm half way through the book right now. The mid section on e-commerce/security seems to be where things start to fall apart. Up until then it was very solid- clear, concise, relevant examples. Hopefully the final part of the book will resemble the very first.

I actually finished it a few months ago. I was just asking cause , hell i dont know why i asked. lol. But anyways, one thing i wish they would have done with the book is give you "TODO Assignments" at the end of each section. And then maybe at the back of the book, had the TODO's completed and explained in detail. Its always easier to learn when your forced to think about how to do it. Hell, maybe i'll write my own PHP book. rofl.

How's your php/mysql skills now? I'm not too fond of the way mysql was explained in the book, at least so far. It's quite confusing pesonally.

They are pretty good i guess. Above average i'd say. MySQL is explained poorly in the book. Very poorly. It picks up a little towards the end, but I had to learn mysql on my own.

Darn, I was hoping the explanation on mysql would get better as I read on. Got any recommendations in terms of books/tutorials on the subject? Something for beginners of course :)

The book by kevin of sitepoint is actually pretty good. You might want to check it out. www.sitepoint.com

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/tutorials/tutorial4.html

The best tutorial I've came across.. was how I got started with MySQL in PHP.

Everything else I've learnt since then has been from the program documentation itself.

--Shaun

Ya I read that tutorial awhile back. It's a good starter.

I have read the book, very in-depth, score : 8.5 / 10

Thats about the score i'd give it!