Helpful for the beginner, but watch out for typos

I'm new to PHP (with some experience in HTML and C++) and I found this a good ground-floor introduction to the basics of the language. It also walks you through setting up your own web server (which I had found intimidating, but this book made it fairly easy).

That said, there are a LOT of typos, both in the text and the code. For that reason, I would not recommend buying this book at full price (I got it for free at the library).

Readers should take everything with a grain of salt and also should consult the publisher's "erratum" page before reading: http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0764557831,descCd-view_errata.html

And a memo to the authors: next time, use spell check!

Other Reviews

• Perfect book to start PHP
• Coding errors could be quite a pain for beginners!
• Helpful for the beginner, but watch out for typos
• This book was not proofread!!!
• Sloppy