Multi-Tier Application Programming with PHP : Practical Guide for Architects and Programmers (Practical Guides Series)

Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I hate this book. All the book is the repetition of the same code with very, very few differences. The description lets argue that is pointed to advanced users but the content is so basic that is hard to believe. It uses SOAP in it's more basic fashion. The code is poor (also the HTML and the Javascript used). The code is written in a so invesive fashion that if you strip it (and is not a bad idea), you will find no more than 30 pages.
The Multi-Tier is just supposed to be good and misuesed.
As you may understand, I strongly advise to not buy this book.

Rating:
Summary: A good read
Review: I loved this book. Wall has an easy to read writing style that is hard to find in this genre. Content wise, I'd been looking for information on the InnoDB table type, and found it here. No other book I've looked at shows as explicitly as this one how to build true referential integrity into a MySQL database. The book is worth its price for the InnoDB information alone.