Comments on: Professional PHP4 Web Development Solutions

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:07:28 +0000

Before buying this, you should have a SOLID grounding in the theory and practice of php. This book does offer solutions, even ones that seem elegant.

BUT, it never really stops to explain the actual coding. It takes time to explain only the approach they take to the problem and the rationale for their approach. It assumes you understand the code and moves right along. You will not find ANY hand-holding here.

Moreover, of the solutions presented, at least two use XML. So, you might also want to have some xml skills on hand, if you are to make use of a significant part of this book.

Once again, the book seems good and you can learn from it. But, understand that you need a solid php foundation to effectively use this book.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:38:43 +0000

This is just the kind of book, that i have always
wanted. It's packed with solutions for the working professional/hobbyist, from cover to cover - Zero
pages wasted on frivolties.
I was able to completely re-use the core of the
simple content management system into my personal
website, and it worked just perfectly fine. I
also didn't have to type the code in by hand,
as all the code was available from the publishers
website - Sweeeet!!!
More books like this, and my wife and kids will
be a lot happier:-) Rating: 5 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:08:22 +0000

This “solutions” book expects its reader to have basic PHP syntactical knowledge (that which can be learnt from looking at the PHP manual) or any of the several beginning level PHP
books that are available for purchase from amazon (or otherwise). If you have a nice working knowledge of PHP or web development in general you will be benefited. Knowledge
of a database solution is added value advantage. Athough this may sound like a huge list of pre-requisites, the bare minimum of working HTML knowledge will also suffice (again note that most of the “solutions” presented here use the smarty templates)
Although i have been involved with PHP for quite some time noe,
i found the design solutions and the approach to code (and it’s
reusablity) very attractive.
This book is definitely of value to all web developers, that don’t want to reinvent the wheel.

Any/every PHP programmer/developer/designer should have it.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Paul W.

Paul W. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:47:29 +0000

Seems Wrox is going great with PHP titles with pretty good collection coming one after another! Being into web development myself, this book has come as a great relief. It has given functions and methods with ready to use solutions. Could actually put them to use modifying them, plugging them in various applications.

A must have for the Web Developers / Designers!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Rebecca Falkner

Rebecca Falkner — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:48:15 +0000

I simply enjoyed this book and all the solutions presented in it.
I had earlier mastered PHP from reading “Beginning PHP4″ and “Professional PHP4″ from the same publisher, and this book was a natural choice to make.
I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone that has a sparse to decent knowledge of PHP – you will love the engaging concepts,designs, code methodolgy and spanking case study solutions.Promise.
Rating: 5 / 5