PHP is a computer programming scripting language that is embedded within
the HTML which makes up web pages. Robin's book is quite like a cook
book in it's style and is a gentle guide into PHP. It is very easy to
follow as Robin is a technical author, not a novelist. He does lecture a
bit but this book does the job just like a manual although it does not
sparkle and is not highly entertaining. It does not have the passion
that is always found in a good novel.
This crash course develops
well and the reading pleasure you get is from gaining knowledge, not
from escaping into another world. You learn how forms on webpages work
and how user input is processed. You discover how your internet browser
works behind the scenes, how cookies work and what those extra bits of
code are in your browser address bar. This book nicely progresses to the
end when you deal with the differences between get and post Ajax
requests.
Robin Nixon's PHP Crash Course is a 2088 KB eBook and
was written in 2012. PHP is well explained to novices and it is great to
understand it's magic. This book is okay and I give it a score of 3
stars.
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