Practical Guide to PHP and MySQL
Comprehensive 189 page guide to both PHP and MySQL designed to support students developing a database driven project. Contains 116 code snippets and practical examples.
Excellent resource for teachers... from start to finish it would help your understanding to better deliver your course. This would have been very useful when I learnt PHP & MYSQL.
- Complete starter guide to PHP. Can also be used for high-ability KS4 students
- Clear summaries of what will be learnt in each chapter
- Includes explanations of programming code
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What do teachers say about this resource? (2756)
An excellent resource of great benefit to any teacher or student...Step by step descriptions of each point, backed up with easy to implement examples... I particularly like this resource because it is in an easy to read format, and students would be perfectly able to work on this in their own time, with teacher input only required at key stages, such as introducing and exemplifying new topics.
An excellent resource...It’s a very comprehensive resource taking the user from beginner to a useful level of programming in PHP...I like the way it is structured into sections and the way it progresses from beginner to intermediate level...Helps the keen student to progress through learning the PHP language – It is well split up into sensible program construct sections such as loops and assignment.
Well written, systematic and thorough. I was very impressed with the resource...It is systematic and deals with each step in turn. The screenshots allow pupils to see exactly what is being explained and is easy to replicate individually. The summaries reinforce what the pupils have / should have learned in each section. I have found this to be of great use in my own teaching already, so this will be of great use with a more difficult subject.
A good step-by-step practical guide with relevant level of detail...The content is well structured and easy to follow (using step-by-step instructions). The provided examples illustrate well key approaches and algorithms...I like the general approach – learning/doing by specific examples. In particular, I find it useful that the author used well known simple example for a relational database “Video Rental database” to introduce MySQL. In this way, the students could concentrate on the actual MySQL approach and to see clearly how the same database which they probably have already done using Access could be created using MySQL.
This is an interesting and carefully thought out resources. It is very practical... Good objectives at the beginning of each chapter encouraging the learner to read on... Uses step by step instructions to explain the fundamental practical techniques students need to create fully functional database-driven websites.
This would have been very useful when I learnt PHP & MYSQL... An excellent resource for teachers from start to finish it would help in your understanding to better deliver the course... I liked the ‘you will know by the end of the chapter’ section, 'setting the scene' and the summary sections help to recap.
The resource is excellent... It is clear bitesize chunks for the students to learn through... helps by digesting the info slowly
A very comprehensive resource, starting with the absolute basics and allows the learner to develop skills required to build a database driven website... Provides a wide range of information that makes it suitable for a wide range of courses... The writing style is easy to follow and it is very clear what the learner (and teacher) is expected to do...
Enables students to progress with a large degree of independence. Students would be able to work through this resource, either as part of a class or independently in their own time. It should give a degree of confidence that the tasks are achievable and encourage students to make progress and be successful.
I thought it was well constructed. The skills and knowledge build quite gradually and all lead to a workable end goal. The students are well supported with examples and exercises throughout and the pace is very good.