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5 comments about MySQL & PHP From Scratch.

1. I bought this book hoping to learn PHP and MySQL from scratch....that didn't happen.

   This is not a tutorial, unless you want to set up a web based e-mail client that is.

   I do use this book as a syntax reference quite often but I could have printed that out from the web.

   Save your money.




2. This book is not very helpful. It spends one third of its content to cover specific installations, almost other two thirds for an appendix of PHP term listing.

   I don't think it delivers the purpose as its titile says.




3. This book could not possibly be better for simply looking up syntax. If you already know how to program this is perfect. The only weak point is the printf format syntax, though even that is decent.



4. If you want to learn PHP & MySQL, you will NOT find in this book. Much of it is reference. I bought it used for about a third of its price, but still feel a waste of money.



5. Add me to the list of those who found this book's title to be totally misleading.
   
   The first surprise comes when the author reels off the list of things he expects the reader to already know, and they're anything but basic. But worse, this book isn't about PHP and MySQL...it's detailed instructions for doing one and only one thing, one and only one way, using one and only one set of software. Sure, PHP and MySQL are involved, but this book's content amounts to instructions for installing a web-based e-mail program (Microsoft's Web Mail, or similar)...and that's it.
   
   To its credit, the book does baby-step the reader through the process of doing exactly this one thing this one way, and the information on installation and set-up of the Apache server, Red Hat Linux, MySQL, etc is good, so if that's what you're looking to do...I mean EXACTLY what you're looking to do...it may be of interest to you.
   
   But as for myself, I was interested in learning PHP and MySQL from scratch, not setting up an e-mail program. As my host company already has the server, database, and even the great graphic database editor, phpMyAdmin installed, I can't say that I really found anything of use in the book.
   
   Also, I accept part of the blame for my being misled by the book's title. I bought it used online and didn't read the reviews. Still, I feel that WEB MAIL FROM SCRATCH, MY WAY, FOR GEEKS is the appropriate title for this book's content.