PHP and MySQL By Example - Sample Chapter
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Prentice Hall recently released PHP and MySQL By Example, written by Ellie Quigley. They are so proud of this title that they sent us over a sample chapter to share with you.
Most developers I know of either love or hate Regular Expressions, me personally, I hate them. Yes, they do the job and usually do it elegantly but it’s hard to find a more arcane sub-language than regex.
Recently I had a situation where I needed to use regex to parse a string. Not being one of the regex gods I did what most developers do, I turned to my library to see what was available. Of all the books in my library (most of them waiting to be reviewed) this one, “PHP and MySQL by Example” had the most complete and informative chapter of regex of any book I have that is not dedicated to the subject. So when Heather asked me if I wanted a sample chapter, I knew immediately which one I wanted to share.
This chapter, Regular Expressions and Pattern Matching will not only give you a flavor of the writing style of the author, if you are like me and struggle with regex, it will give you some much needed help. This chapter will give you some idea as to the thoroughness with which the author covers each chapter.
So if you haven’t already, Click here to grab the sample chapter. Keep a lookout for a full review of PHP and MySQL By Example next week.
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But, I like to keep up with all publications related to PHP, anyway ... You should see my shelf at work.