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Review title: Good book and good PHP/MySQL install section
Product review: I come from an ASP beackground and found the book to be very approachable. I wanted to learn PHP so that I could start programing dynamic pages on Linux with Apache. I first started out by Using Redhat's RPMs for both PHP and MySQL. Since Redhats dist of PHP did not include support for MySQL I was faced with the task of installing the source PHP dist. I also went ahead and unistalled the MySQL RPM and installed the source MySQL dist by following the instructiions in the book. This process went smoothly for someone used to the point and click MS world. If I had to follow the PHP and/or MySQL documentation I would have been lost. So, if your trying out Linux/MySQL/PHP this book should get you up and started pretty easily.As with any programming book there are some things that take more than one reading, or further investigation into other sources, but if you have any programming experience you will be up and programing in PHP quickly.
