specializing in digital media technologies

Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of myself, the technical editor, the copy editor, and the line editor, despite the multiple revisions, errors still occur. This page lists all the errors found in the book.

Note: errors are corrected in subsequent printings and therefore your particular copy may not contain all of the following.

You may also find the solution to your problem by using the book's corresponding forum. Signficant 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:

Chapter	Page #	Description	Date Added
1: Introduction to PHP	18	The URL for the PHP Coding Standard, as listed in the second tip, has changed to http://alltasks.net/code/php_coding_standard.html.	July 05, 2003
1: Introduction to PHP	25	In Script 1.9 on line 23, it should read ...<b>$', $price, '</b>...'. This also applies to Step 5.	October 04, 2003
1: Introduction to PHP	31	On lines 23 and 26 of Script 1.11, there is an extraneous \ before the $quantity variable. The corresponding steps (2 on page 31 and 4 on page 32) are correct.	June 20, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	36	On line 24 of Script 2.1 and in Step 3, there's an extra 'e' in Between.	July 31, 2004
2: Programming with PHP	38	In the third line of the first paragraph, the word in italics should be handling.	August 04, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	38	The echo statement on line 11 of Script 2.2, and in Step 2 on page 39, should include a <p> before Thank you....	July 12, 2004
2: Programming with PHP	44	At the top of the second column, it should say if-elseif-else.	August 31, 2004
2: Programming with PHP	51	The very last line of Step 1 should conclude with -->. One hyphen is missing.	September 26, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	56	In Table 2.3, the key for Iowa should be IA.	October 26, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	58	On line 37 of Script 2.8, there is an extraneous Ü.	June 19, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	67	In Script 2.11, line 37 should refer to the variable $name, not {$_POST['name']}. The same applies in Step 4.	October 18, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	67	On line 37 of Script 2.11 and in the code to Step 4, the echo statement should begin with an opening P tag, which is closed at the end of the statement.	February 15, 2005
2: Programming with PHP	70	In the second tip, it should be described as a mnemonic device, not a pneumonic one.	September 02, 2003
2: Programming with PHP	71	Line 14 of Script 2.13 humiliatingly has the movie Casablanca spelled incorrectly. This error also applies to Step 2 on page 72 and Figure 2.30 on page 73.	July 21, 2003
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	90	Step 2 is missing the line 1 The corresponding script is correct.	February 12, 2004
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	95	On line 21 of Script 3.9, \$$_POST['price'] should read \${$_POST['price']}. The code in the corresponding Step 3 on page 96 is correct.	July 23, 2003
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	101	On line 46 of Script 3.11, there's an extra "OK" at the end of the comment.	February 19, 2005
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	104	In the first paragraph, line three should conclude with ...the process is as simple as....	January 06, 2004
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	111	In Script 3.14 there is an extraneous double quotation mark at the end of line 10.	July 23, 2003
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	116	Line 17 of Script 3.16 should read if ($value == $this_month) {. This also applies to Step 3.	July 21, 2003
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	117	In Step 5, the code $end = $year + 10; and the reference to the $end variable in the while loop is not necessary. The corresponding script, which has the end year of 2010 hardcoded, is correct.	February 09, 2004
4: Introduction to SQL and MySQL	121	In Table 4.2, VARCHAR should be described as a variable-length field. This error is repeated in Table C.12 on page 535.	July 17, 2003
4: Introduction to SQL and MySQL	145	The Tip that begins Unlike a WHERE clause... no longer applies to the current version of MySQL.	October 01, 2003
5: Advanced SQL and MySQL	160	In the third tip, it should read ...for the approved column.	July 20, 2003
5: Advanced SQL and MySQL	179	In the sidebar, the first ADDDATE() example is missing a D. It should read ADDDATE(date, INTERVAL 2 HOUR).	June 28, 2003
5: Advanced SQL and MySQL	179	The last sentence of the sidebar should read ....you want to subtract one year....	June 29, 2003
5: Advanced SQL and MySQL	179	In the sidebar, at the end of the second paragraph, it should be YEAR_MONTH, not YEARS_MONTH.	June 30, 2004
6: Using PHP and MySQL	200	Line 14 of Script 6.5 is missing the question mark which begins the closing PHP tag. It should read ?>.	September 26, 2003
6: Using PHP and MySQL	208	On page 208, in the second paragraph under Step 7, It should read This query itself is similar to those demonstrated in Chapter 4. (not Chapter 3).	September 04, 2003
6: Using PHP and MySQL	213	On line 15 of Script 6.7, the word Registered is spelled incorrectly. This also applies to Step 3 on page 214.	July 06, 2003
6: Using PHP and MySQL	232	In Step 8, there should be one more closing curly brace at the end of the code, which closes the main Submit conditional. The corresponding script is correct.	August 27, 2004
7: Cookies and Sessions	241	In Script 7.1, line 80 should begin with </fieldset> to close the fieldset tag. The same applies to the end of Step 7 on page 242.	September 03, 2003
7: Cookies and Sessions	270	In the first line of the third paragraph, it should be session.gc_maxlifetime	March 22, 2006
8: Security	280	In the last paragraph in the left-hand column, $HTTP_SEVER_VARS should be $HTTP_SERVER_VARS.	July 05, 2003
8: Security	303	In four places in Step 3, the regular expression pattern errantly has {2,3} instead of {2,4} as it is in the script.	March 11, 2004
8: Security	303	Line 42 of Script 8.5 should refer to $_POST['name'] in order to be register_globals compliant. This also applies to Step 4 on page 304.	March 03, 2004
9: Web Application Development	317	In step 2, the command should begin bin/safe_mysqld... (it's missing an l).	January 02, 2004
10: Extended Topics	335	Script 10.1 is missing its closing </fieldset> tag. It should appear before line 70. This also applies to Step 9 on page 336.	March 20, 2004
10: Extended Topics	350	In Script 10.6, line 18 should read $ext = substr ($_GET['image'], -4);. The corresponding code in Step 3 is correct.	October 29, 2003
10: Extended Topics	351	In Step 4, the $_GET variable is missing its curly braces. Line 25 of the corresponding script is correct.	March 20, 2004
11: Example--Content Management	366	Step 3 contains the code class="copyright". This is not part of the actual script (and there's no copyright class in the CSS file) and should be omitted.	October 12, 2003
11: Example--Content Management	373	In Script 11.5 and in Step 5, the $_POST['type3'] clause has a closing parentheses in the wrong place. That line should conclude with OR ($_POST['type3'] > 0 )) {	September 10, 2004
11: Example--Content Management	374	Line 78 of Script 11.5 demonstrates how to reset the submitted values, as stated in the penultimate tip on page 379. It's not, however, included in the steps (Step 8).	March 06, 2004
11: Example--Content Management	399	In Step 6 and on line 22 of Script 11.9, the first header() line should be header("Content-Type: $ft");	May 01, 2005
12: Example--User Registration	426	Line 48 of Script 12.7 has an extra slash in the closing </font> tag.	June 12, 2003
12: Example--User Registration	426	In Script 12.7 on line 67, there should be a closing </fieldset> tag before the form is closed. The same applies to Step 7.	October 23, 2003
13: Example--E-Commerce	481	In the code under Step 4, and on line 32 of Script 13.6, the anchor tag for the print link is never closed.	December 14, 2004
13: Example--E-Commerce	489	In Script 13.8, line 5 should read $pid = $_GET['pid'] in order to work with register_globals off. The same applies to Step 2 on page 490.	December 02, 2003
13: Example--E-Commerce	496	On the fourth line in the first column, it should be ...I multiply....	January 29, 2005
Ap A: Installation	503	The installation instructions for PHP on Mac OS X have changed. Marc Liyanage now provides a downloadable installer. See www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php for instructions.	October 17, 2003
Ap A: Installation	512	Some Windows users are finding that they shouldn't use quotation marks when creating the root user password. If you have problems, try this command instead: mysqladmin - u root password newpassword	January 06, 2004
Ap A: Installation	515	The FILE permissions are no longer assignable on a database level. Remove it from the list of permissions in Step 5.	October 25, 2003
Ap C: Reference	529	In Table C.2, the third item on the first line should be the decrement operator (--).	May 27, 2005
Click here to view the errata in the order they were submitted. Click here to view the most recent errors first. Click here to view the errata by page number.

Submit an Error:

Please limit submitted errors to grammatical, factual, or technical problems found within the PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (1st Edition) text itself. Please do not use this form for subjective suggestions or to ask questions. You will not necessarily receive a reply based upon any information submitted through this form! I may reply, depending upon the situation, but if you need a reply, do not use this form.

If you are experiencing problems getting something to work, please DO NOT use this form. Either use the forum for a faster reply or contact the author directly (although it could be a week or more before you see a reply).

Chapter	Introduction Ch 1: Introduction to PHP Ch 2: Programming with PHP Ch 3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites Ch 4: Introduction to SQL and MySQL Ch 5: Advanced SQL and MySQL Ch 6: Using PHP and MySQL Ch 7: Cookies and Sessions Ch 8: Security Ch 9: Web Application Development Ch 10: Extended Topics Ch 11: Example--Content Management Ch 12: Example--User Registration Ch 13: Example--E-Commerce Ap A: Installation Ap B: Third-Party Applications Ap C: Reference Ap D: Resources
Page #
Book Error
Your Name
Your Email Address

Search This Book!

Temporary Site Outage

After performing some routine maintenance, the DMC Insights, Inc. server will need to be rebooted on Friday, July 11, 2008, between 4:00am and 7:00am EST. The Web site should be unavailable for no more than 15 minutes. I apologize for any inconvenience.
(July 9, 2008)

Newsletter #14 Released

I just sent out the latest version of the newsletter. It covers a bunch of different things, with some early thoughts on the Ruby programming language. You can read it online at www.DMCInsights.com/newsletter.php.
(July 9, 2008)

Adobe AIR: VQS Chapter Available Online

Peachpit Press, has posted part of Chapter 2, "Creating an Application," from the book "Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) with Ajax: Visual QuickStart Guide" on their Web site. The pages discuss some of the basic technologies and how they can be used together in an AIR application. The direct URL is http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1211888.
(July 2, 2008)

more news...