ast1987 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hello, I just finished this book (also PHP for the web before this) and I'm wondering which book should I get next. I want to continue learning these technologies. Should I get "Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MYSQL" or "PHP Advanced and OOP Programming" ? Many thanks to Mr. Larry Ullman for writing such good books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I think it depends on where you want to go with your learning. If you want a more well-rounded view of the web and making sites, I recommend the JavaScript book. If you want an e-commerce site and want to better understand web security, then I recommend the e-commerce book. And if you want to just be really good at PHP, I recommend the advanced book. Really, they're all worth reading, but I would recommend the JavaScript book first. Also, the Yii book is pretty good, if you want to learn a framework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ast1987 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Hey! Thanks for replying. I was thinking about getting the javascript book too(at the time), but wanted to know more about PHP and MySQL. The reason I asked is because it's not apparent which of the two books (i.e. ecommerce or advanced php and OOP) is more advanced. Does the e-commerce book use the things taught in the Advanced PHP and OOP book? PS: I got the javascript book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 There is overlap between the advanced book and the e-commerce book, but I think the e-commerce book focuses more on online payments, security and advanced MySQL queries, whereas the advanced book focuses more on OOP and advanced stuff in PHP. I personally think that the e-commerce book is more practical, but again, they're all worth reading and good to know about if you're serious about web development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ast1987 Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 ok, thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 And thanks for the nice words on my books and for the interest in more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berich Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I too have enjoyed your book. Look forward to moving on after completeing all the exercises in this book. I like your "throw you to the wolves" approach. I spend quite a bit of time debugging my files; which allows me to better understand the code. I have one minor critique; you stated in the begginning of the book that white space generally doesn't matter. I took it to heart :-} I was pulling out my hair with Script 10.4 and carried over to 10.5. I couldn't get the edit, delete and next function to work. Everything else worked fine. The issue turned out to be a space after the file reference (...php?s =). I won't make that mistake again. Thanks Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Whitespace doesn't matter for some things. For strings, whitespace always matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Thanks for your feedback and for the nice words. I'll keep this in mind when I go to do the next edition. Also, to be clear, in this case, it's the whitespace in the URL that's the issue (which isn't technically a problem for PHP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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