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The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition

Reader Reviews

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“ The first edition of this book was one of the best books on PHP programming I ever came across. In clear problem-solution structure the book is guiding through the main areas of web programming in PHP, and it helped me immensely in raising my programming standards. The second edition was re-written to accommodate the introduction of PHP5 keeping the same problem-solution approach which worked so well in the first edition, and the authors did very good job indeed. The only downside to this otherwise excellent position is in my opinion; lack of more detailed explanations of certain subjects, and restricted number of topics mentioned in the book. Never the less I recommend this book to any PHP programmer as a good source of reference, the only exception is if you are new to programming this book might be difficult to digest at first so I recommend to get one of the introductory books to PHP and then definitely this one. ”

Tom Zglobicki
Nov 7th 2007

“ Love this book! It's not a "learn how to do it" type of book, but more of a "here's the code, adapt it to your needs" type. There are some great projects included. I still haven't gotten to all of them yet, and there are some that I will probably never use, but just the few that I already have are well worth the purchase price. ”

Ray Flash
Jan 10th 2008

“ The Guru's don't want you to read this book, they know that if you do they can no longer take advantage of you! You will no longer need to join list building programs that control your list. ”

Jerome Pfeifer
Aug 14th 2008

“ A thoughtful, well written book. I've been using PHP since 2002 and this is truly one of the better books I've come across. The projects are diverse and interesting enough to keep interest at a high level. It's given me new takes on old problems as well. If you're new to PHP I wouldn't start out with this book. Get the basics from a Sam's intro and then immediately dive into this book. I wouldn't say the projects are commercial grade but they give you the basic structure to actually author code companies will pay good $$$ for. This book is well worth the price and time spent. If I had to reduce my library to just three books, this would be one of them. If you add a good intro book and a complete up-to-date reference, you are equipped to earn a living. ”

Mark D Strong
Apr 23rd 2009

“ I can honestly say that I have not come across books that teach so well. These books are well written, the projects in them are clearly explained and they work! ”

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Oct 24th 2005

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http://www.retailperformancemonitor.com
Sep 28th 2005

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http://CityofChesapeake.net
Sep 13th 2005

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Sep 12th 2005

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Sep 8th 2005

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Daniel Elfving
Nov 29th 2004

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Erik Kunst
Nov 21st 2004

“ The books I purchased are The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, HTML Utopia, Designing without Tables Using CSS, Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET. All of which are very useful in my daily business of web devleopment. SitePoint is an incredible resource for any new media developer. ”

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Mar 30th 2005

“ I have three of SitePoint's books: The Web Design Business Kit, The CSS Anthology, and Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL. These books are very well written, easy to understand, and have helped me raise my business profile as well as given me an edge as a Web developer. The support team went out of its way to help me while I was on the road and away from my books - above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you Sitepoint! ”

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Feb 22nd 2005

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Sep 12th 2005

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Mike Alger
Jul 7th 2004

 

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