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Hi thanks for the reply I think I understand seems very complex is it just matter of rounding off numbers? By normal I did mean integers :-)

Hi What is the difference between integer and decimal?

Hi I was reading the book on page 25 the tip says: "PHP supports a maximum integer of around two billion on most platforms. With numbers larger than that, PHP will automatically use a floating-point type." What is floating type? how does it differ from normal numbers? Thanks in advance :-)

Hi I wanted to find out what will be difference in the second edition of this book. On amazon it mentioned that it will have OOP code. Will there be any other additional chapters or topics? does it cover things like facebook or twitter marketing etc of the site or products?

Thanks Edward that is a brilliant Idea to sort of do my own minin project based upon the last few chapters ... Many thanks for that Thanks again HartleySan ..... I started of with almost zero knowledge of programming I was really worried that it will be too complex for me .... But every day I learn more and its I really enjoy it ... I will do what Edward mentioned there after I will give the Effortless Ecommerce book a go .... Im sure I will be back on here to ask questions .... This is the best forum Ive been on so far ... everyone here is very helpful ... I usually do a quick search before I post to see if someone has posted a similar issue and I have found that ... most issues have come up ... and usually its just a silly thing like trying to access the PHP page directly rather than the server serving it via HTTP:// etc ... Many thanks All for helping me :-)

Many thanks .... I will be starting the effortless ecommerce book soon just finishing of with PHP and MySQL for dynamic webistes .... I am also doing tutorials online on Jquery, CSS etc Once again Many thanks all your advise is much appreciated :-)

Many thanks your advise is much appreciated .... Ill bear the points in mind that you have mentioned ... Im actually going through a tutorial on regular expression to further my knowledege in that as well as Jquery and CSS, (I think the book has built the foundation Im finding most stuff quite straight foward now ... apart from security its still a bit complex I think) Many thanks.... Ive got my copy of the effortless ecommerce book a while ago I didnt look at it as I didnt want to get distracted ... i think I will dive in and see if I can survive through it :-)

Hi I was wondering if the effortless ecommerce book covers "Providing monthly content with different keys to access" by that I mean you register to a site ... every month you are sent a key that allows you to gain access to the relevant months material. I was thinking of an online course that would provide keys to access the relevant lesson files per month rather than provide access to all files at once. The courses can be started at any time of the year so different people need to be given different keys at relevant periods. Can the above be done using PHP and MySQL? Does the effortless ecommerce book cover that? Is there any thing that can help achieve that? do I need to learn other technologies to do that? I will be greatful if anyone can advise

Hi Im almost nearing the completion of this book I wanted to dive into effortless e-commerce ... I think I have basic understanding of most concepts ... would that be a big jump? How can I solidify my understanding of the fundamentals? I was thinking of simply going through the book again and may be ask questions on anything that is not crystal clear that i may have the jist of? I really want to build my own ecommerce store ... but didnt want to jump ahead of myself I think I have a good understanding of most of the topics ... any advise will be appreciated

many thanks I am actually going through the two other books on php PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (4th Edition) by Larry Ullman and PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition) by Larry Ullman I realised that the dynamic websites had overlapping chapters so istarted that tooo its good consolidation of what I already learnt in PHP for the web. I have a fe chapters left in PHP for the web and then im done with that. The reason I asked was that i was thinking of going through: PHP Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming: Visual QuickPro Guide (3rd Edition) by Larry Ullman Before i did efortless ecommerce book as I wernt sure if that was written in Object oriented I guess after the PHP and MySQL book I can start with the effortless ecommerce .... I must say so far I am finding it easy to understand how to code in PHP the books are really well organised and they actually make you think about how you would actually apply what you learn in a real project. I cant wait to create my first full ecommerce site ... Ive already got the books waiting for me...lol Thanks for the advice much appreciated

Hi Does the effortless ecommerce book write code in object oreinted? Is it worth going the advanced PHP object oriented book before doing this or can I start going through this book after going through PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (4th Edition) ?

Thanks Edward ...

Hi I had a file called abs.exe that the antivirus software kept on alerting me to so I deleted it, and it stop alerting me to it. Is that file required for PHP? I have rebooted my apache sever and it seems to be working ok at the moment. I wanted to find out the following: What is abs.exe file for? what does it do? will it make a difference if i delete it or keep it?

hi ive fixed it i typed <?php as <php? ..... silly mistake i know but just was driving me insane ... i noticed i even edited the original file that i downloaded hence that wouldnt work either ... :-) sorry for posting silly question ... i tried deleting the post but couldnt figure how to delete it :-) thanks anyway

hi when i try running the script10.4 i get the following output <p>Your total comes to $

Thanks rob, I was looking at fast hosts and they offer unlimited bandwidth I was tempted by the offer. I guess I will research it more closer to the time when im ready. thanks for all the advice much appreciated :-)

Hi Im relatively new to PHP ... But after reading all the Positive reviews of "Effortless E-Commerce" I had to buy it. I went through the book without doing any coding just to understand what is possible to do with PHP in terms of E-commerce. I wanted to find out a few things as I would like to do a project after my skill in PHP improve, that will look at selling videos online instead of pdf files. Is there some other technologies that will have to be used to do that? as in stream the videos? and what sort of hosting space should I invest in? would I need huge amount of bandwidth? The videos will be on language skills and linguistic skills in different languages including arabic, spanish, french etc. I wanted to find out the above as am looking to invest in some PHP hosting that I can put live of the stuff i can now code to show my friends what im capable of :-) As for the videos they will be 10 videos that will cover a specific topic so all ten videos will be sold as a batch on subscription for 12 months there after the access will be removed. I want to sell them as digital products not on DVD. I appreciate any advice on hosting and technologies that i need to learn with PHP to do that. many thanks :-)

Hi Ive started learning PHP 5.x and recently started seeing PHP 6 on most books what is the difference? is there a major change? am I better learning PHP 5.x or simply learning PHP 6?

Thanks you very much for the replies Ive ordered the PHP and MYSQL for Dynamic Web Sites book its not arrived yet .... But I am going through the first one so far it seems really easy to follow

Hi I have started to learn PHP and have bought the visual quick start php for the web. I have managed to install xampp and ran the code from chapter one. I want to know would this book be enough for me to get grounding so that I can purchase and start building ecommerce sites in the book effortless ecommerce? of is there any other books that i need to cover to give me all the background knowledge for me to progress to effortless ecommerce? I have done HTML and some javascript before and I have seen PHP code before but never programmed in it, Please can any on advise thanks you