[PHP for the Web:
Visual QuickStart Guide
(3rd Edition)](/books/php-for-the-web-visual-quickstart-guide-3rd-edition/)
Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of myself, the technical editor, the copy editor, the line editor, the proofreader, and despite the multiple revisions, errors still occur. This page lists all the errors found in the book since it went to print.
Note: errors are corrected in subsequent printings and therefore your particular copy may not contain all of the following. You may also be experiencing problems not caused by a mistake in the book. If so, you may find the solution to your problem by using the book’s corresponding forum. Significant changes in the technology will be addressed there and you can also find problems and solutions encountered by other readers.
Known Errors in the Book:
ChapterPage #DescriptionDate Added4: Using Numbers78In Step 7, there’s no need for the closing P tag at the end of the code. This also applies in line 49 of Script 4.2 on page 76.February 14, 20096: Control Structures122Line 3 of the first paragraph should refer to register.html, not feedback.html.October 26, 20097: Using Arrays182The message on line 25 of Script 7.9, also found under Step 5 on page 183, should say “one” instead of “once”.July 7, 20108: Creating Web Applications205In the fourth paragraph, the variable $timestamp should actually be $ts, to match the code in the above line.May 24, 20098: Creating Web Applications206Line 18 of Script 8.7 should use a closing EM tag. This also applies to the code in Step 5 on page 207.October 26, 20099: Cookies and Sessions269In the section on sessions, I say that you should use the unset() function on the $_SESSION array. This is actually not the proper way to reset the $_SESSION variable. Instead, use $_SESSION = array();,November 1, 20099: Cookies and Sessions270In the final tip the reference should be to session.use_trans_sid, not enable_trans_side.February 14, 200911: Files and Directories304I should have made clear that the stream_encoding() function only exists as of PHP 6. This also applies to line 20 of Script 11.1 (on page 305) and to the corresponding code in Step 6 on page 307.May 25, 201011: Files and Directories341At the end of the paragraph, it should refer to auto_detect_line_endings, not auto_detect_line_encodings.May 25, 201011: Files and Directories344On line 53 of Script 11.7, and in the correpsonding code under Step 12 on page 344, the password field should have the name “password”, without the number “1”.November 1, 200912: Intro to Databases352In the first sentence of the last paragraph, it should say “…the message from being immediately displayed.“November 6, 201012: Intro to Databases375In the code under Step 5, the second reference to $row
\['entry\_id'\]is missing the first apostrophe.October 26, 200913: Regular Expressions402In the last paragraph, it should say …but (bon)* matches zero or more bon’s (bonjour or bonbon or no bon’s at all).November 1, 2009Appendix A: Installation and Configuration423The last word in the explanation of Step 2 should be parenthesis, not parentheses.October 26, 2009