You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product?
Review title: You'll be writing PHP scripts as soon as you start reading..
Product review: The wonderful thing about PHP is that it makes so much sense. Julie builds on this foundation and leads you step by step through the process of writing code. There are visual examples to show you exactly what will happen when the code is executed, and the CD is packed full of code and programs. Julie's site (ThickBook.Com) is also an excellent resource for bug fixes, etc. The installation of Apache, PHP, and MySQL can be tricky for some, and it might be best to simply upload to your own website for testing if things are appearing not to work on your own machine. Most of the time they work fine, it's just a problem with your installation. With this book, you'll be writing your own PHP scripts as soon as you start reading, and you'll be itching to write more. Except for the assumption that nothing will go wrong with the installation, it's an excellent book for both beginning and intermediate programmers.
