Hi,

I have looked at this book but it seems to be very big comparing to other PHP books! Why?

Another question, will this book learn me the best practices in programming PHP? and to which level wil it take me?

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Hi sulix,
When you get six programmers combining to write a book you have to expect them to have a lot to tell you, I have used php to programme for a few years now but still picked this book up because it introduces aspects of php that I hadn't seen else where.
There is a saying that 'you can take a horse to the water but you can't make it drink' This book teaches you the fundamentals of structured php programming, you will want to use the components given here in a variety of ways to meet your changing requirements but it up to you to work within the guidelines of 'best practices'. The book takes you right up to developing with classes structured as Object Orientated Programming which is the latest best practice structure available in php.

Thank you. I mean will it learn me the right way or for example will learn me bad practice that can lead to security holes? Are the progrmmers who wrote the book have experience in the field?