Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8: From Novice to Professional

  • By: W. Jason Gilmore, Robert H. Treat
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Product Description

Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. This is an ideal read if you are a web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to create applications with PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8.

Product Information

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • Number of Pages: 896
  • Publisher: Apress
  • Publication Date: 2006-02-27
  • Edition: 1
  • EAN: N/A
  • ISBN: N/A

Customer Reviews

  • VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
    Are you a professional or novice to PHP and PostgreSQL 8? If you are, then this book is definitely for you. Authors W. Jason Gilmore and Robert H.
  • Supposed to be a PHP-PostgreSql not Smarty-Pear
    What's annoying about this book is that I bought it to learn more about PHP and PostgreSQL but the authors decide to use Smarty and PearDB throughout instead.
  • Old Hat
    To me, this book was a disappointment. I had expected much more in the way of integration between PostgreSQL and PHP. Some of the questions that I had expected an answer for, was like: What is considered 'best practice' as to how to interface with PostgreSQL from PHP? How to write reusable queries? Instead, the book is divided in two disparate parts: One is about installing and configuring PHP, along with a rewrite of parts of the online PHP manual; the second part is about installing and configuring PostgreSQL, along with a rewrite of parts of the online PostgreSQL manual.
  • Beginning PHP Not Beginning Programming
    I read this edition after Gilmore's earlier book on PHP and MySQL, so let me quote the pertinent parts of that review and augment with appropriate comments: A beginning PHP book, not a beginning programming book.
  • Definitive Reference
    If you are like me, you have probably dabbled in PHP and MySQL driven CMS solutions, simply because that combination is so prevalent. I consider myself to be primarily a front-end developer / graphic designer, and am not terribly interested in knowing every server-side language there is, so long as whatever I am using can get the job done.