Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Back in 2000, Gary Cornell, co-founder of a small but ambitious computer publisher called Apress, contacted me and asked whether I'd be interested in writing a book about PHP. At the time a developer and aspiring technical writer, I jumped at the opportunity, albeit wondering how I'd ever be able to finish such a large writing project. Like running a first marathon, success was gauged by way of mere completion rather than by any other benchmark.

Eight years have since passed, and that original book is still alive and kicking, its current incarnation being what you hold in your hands. Suffice it to say this project has exceeded my wildest expectations, and I thank Gary and Apress (now a much larger but still ambitious publisher) ...