mariadb
another great book by packtpub , covering mariadb and php. the book starts with database basics and quickly takes the reader to crud operations, rest api, php functions.
this is a reference guide, developers with knowledge of php, mariadb (and/or mysql) should get this book as a desktop guide and also for refreshing their knowledge, since a lot of things have been added to php 5+ and mariadb, so syntax and best practices is what developers could learn from this book. for example, there is a new short array declaration in php 5.4 which allows squre brackets to be used to declare arrays.
$arr2 = [1,2,3,4];
this is something i learned from the book as well. chapter 3 of the book has more. i will not reveal it all
chapter 4 gives a practical approach to building a php, mariadb mvc application (yes but don’t use it to build another laravel clone please !! )
chapter 8 is interesting, it covers rest api and xml feeds, something web and mobile developers would love.
overall the book is a great package for a lamp guy/gal, but i feel for a reference guide there needs to be more content. but nevertheless a must have for php, mariadb developers, this book certainly teaches you a few new tricks. buy it from pactpub.com at http://bit.ly/1qrqmqx