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Book:   Learning PHP & MySQL
Subject:   Learning PHP & MySQL (2nd Edition)
Date:   2008-08-28 13:27:08
From:   Steven M
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

I'm sure the instructional material is wonderful but I wouldn't have any idea since the MySQL configuration instructions simply don't work.


Like some of the previous posts, I too have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get set up let alone actually learn anything.


The authors might as well have said,
1) install apache
2) install php
3) install mysql - then google hack until something works because it will be much faster than trying to find some help on our website.


In fact, I've tried twice to post to the forums looking for help and when I pressed the submit button it closed my online session! Now that's quality sheesh! If only I had read the reviews first.


I am so let down, while I was in the book store it seemed so promising and as I have read ahead it seemed fairly straight forward but noooooo it had to go and lay an egg right from the start!


So now I'm out $30 bucks and starting to think the 100% satisfaction link just a continued waste of my time.


Steve M


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"After you’ve mastered the fundamentals, you might want to continue your SQL study with another fine O’Reilly book, Learning PHP & MySQL (2nd Edition)."
--Epublishers Weekly, Tools and Ideas for Surviving (and Thriving) in Technopoly