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Absolutely NOT Junk
For those who know PHP and want to learn XML, this is a great book. The book covers SAX, DOM, XSLT, XML-RPC, SOAP, WDDX and contains many examples. The author has a clear and accessible writing style. He is the founder of Melonfire, a web firm in India that has written many PHP articles at devshed.com. I gave the book an extra star because it was published by New Riders and wasn't bloated by big print and thick paper like some other publishers' books.
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Absolutely Junk
After reading most of the book, I've concluded that this book is for amateurs. If you want to learn a little bit of XML, but nearly enough to do large projects, then maybe this book will be good for you. But once you need to do a large project or you need some actual advance over and beyond the syntax, concepts and APIs, the books won't help you; it's not even up to date in some areas. However the book is very easy to read, so I give it 1 star. However, there are better books that describe PHP and XML in much greater detail and in a way that is still very inviting to new comers. If you want to truely get the best knowledge for your buck, don't by this book. The Wrox book seems like a better choice so I'm going to pick that up next. I'm going to sell this book.
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Okay, but look to Wrox's PHP Book
This book contains all the fundamental information you'd expect from a book detailing PHP and XML, however this book fails to cover anything extremely indepth. If you are looking for a more in-depth and technical resource as well as coverage of the latest standards, turn to the Professional PHP4 XML book published by Wrox. That one is much better even though it's a little more money.
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Definitely must buy!!!
Great book, explains all thats necessary to develop a good XML/PHP application or site. Includes very good examples to understand how to combine PHP and XML.
Definitively, my best purchase in PHP/XML.
(ps. take a look at the author on the back cover...really cute ;)!!)
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PHP and XML development made easy...
I've just started getting into PHP, and have been redeveloping my own site
in PHP. I thought I would experiment with XML also - and this book was, and
still is, perfect for me.
The main focus of the book is real-world applications - using XML with PHP
to create XML-enabled web sites. It discusses lots of XML technologies like
XML, XSL, WDDX and XML-RPC, but always keeps the language simple and the
examples easy to understand. However, this does not mean that it is only
useful to novices - each chapter escalates in difficulty to advanced
examples and concepts.
All the examples are well-commented and can be understood just by reading
the source - or you can just jump to the explanation for the things you're
confused about. Also keep an eye out for the quotes at the top of each
chapter - they are so cool!!
Frankly, this book rocks. It is even fun to read.