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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	6	The first word in the last paragraph in th e sidebar should be "An" not "As".	February 18, 2008
1: Introduction to PHP	14	In the second bullet point, it should say that a variable's name can contain a combination of letters, numbers, and the underscore.	February 18, 2008
1: Introduction to PHP	28	In the code in Step 2, an apostrophe is missing. The code should be: define ('TODAY', 'August 28, 2007'); The code in the corresponding script is correct.	January 26, 2008
1: Introduction to PHP	30	On line five, it should say ...examples used so far....	May 19, 2008
2: Programming with PHP	34	In the URL in the sidebar, there's an extraneous space between "script." and "php?".	February 18, 2008
2: Programming with PHP	61	The last line of code in the right-hand column should refer to "Primes" plural: {$numbers['Primes'][0]}.	May 19, 2008
2: Programming with PHP	65	The last paragraph of the sidebar should refer to the $s2 variable, not $string2.	February 18, 2008
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	85	In the paragraph under Step 2, the last sentence should start This variable will correlate....	July 09, 2008
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	89	In the code at the end of the left-hand column, there's an extra closing parentheses after ($gender == 'F').	January 26, 2008
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	89	In the right-hand column, the second word of the second paragraph (not including the code) should be "here", not "hear".	January 26, 2008
3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites	98	The last paragraph before the numbered steps should say there's no way to pass $msg a value.	April 15, 2008
4: Introduction to MySQL	118	There should not be a space between the hyphen and the letter "u" in the first bullet.	May 19, 2008
5: Introduction to SQL	137	The SQL command in the second tip should end with WHERE last_name LIKE '_smith%'.	February 18, 2008
5: Introduction to SQL	146	The last sentence of the first paragraph should read ...MySQL functions in other types....	July 09, 2008
5: Introduction to SQL	147	In Table 5.2, the Usage value for the second item should begin as "CONCAT_WS(...".	February 18, 2008
5: Introduction to SQL	147	In Table 5.2, the Returns value for the last item should say that the string indexing begins at 1, not 0.	February 18, 2008
6: Advanced SQL and MySQL	179	The last sentence in Step 2 should say that "An outer join is used...".	February 18, 2008
7: Error Handling and Debugging	207	The code in Step 1 omits the <h2>Testing Display Errors</h2> that is in the corresponding script.	April 15, 2008
8: Using PHP with MySQL	224	In Script 8.1, the opening HEAD tag on line 3 erroneously has a quotation mark.	July 09, 2008
8: Using PHP with MySQL	236	The first line of code in Step 9 should read mysqli_close($dbc);. The corresponding script is correct.	April 15, 2008
8: Using PHP with MySQL	252	Line 18 of Script 8.7 should begin with $e = .... The corresponding code in Step 4 on page 253 is correct.	January 26, 2008
9: Common Programming Techniques	266	The header in Figure 9.3 should be "Delete a User".	May 19, 2008
9: Common Programming Techniques	275	The first line of code under Step 12 should refer to MYSQLI_NUM (all in uppercase). The corresponding script is correct.	April 15, 2008
9: Common Programming Techniques	281	On lines 9 and 10 of the first paragraph under step 6, it should say The second page would show records 10 through 19; the third, 20 through 29; and so forth.	May 19, 2008
10: Web Application Development	309	Line 24 of Script 10.3 inadvertently include 'image/jpeg' twice. This also applies to the code in Step 3 on page 310.	April 15, 2008
10: Web Application Development	311	The echo statement in Step 5 should just read echo '<p class="error">Please upload a JPEG or PNG image.</p>'; . The code in the corresponding script is correct.	April 15, 2008
10: Web Application Development	324	The second-to-last line of text should refer to the $name variable not the $name function.	April 15, 2008
11: Cookies and Sessions	357	In the paragraph that begins Another change you..., the word "the" is repeated.	April 15, 2008
11: Cookies and Sessions	359	Line 9 of Script 11.13 and the corresponding code in Step 5 needs one more closing parentheses.	February 18, 2008
16: Example--User Registration	491	Line 21 of Script 16.3 should end with a slash after www.example.com.	July 09, 2008
16: Example--User Registration	509	On line 13 of Script 16.7, and on line 8 of the code in Step 2, there's a closing parentheses missing. The correct line should be if (isset($_GET['y']) && (strlen($_GET['y']) == 32) ) {	January 26, 2008
16: Example--User Registration	555	The code in step 5 is actually a repetition of the last two lines of code in step 4.	May 19, 2008
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Chapter	Introduction Ch 1: Introduction to PHP Ch 2: Programming with PHP Ch 3: Creating Dynamic Web Sites Ch 4: Introduction to MySQL Ch 5: Introduction to SQL Ch 6: Advanced SQL and MySQL Ch 7: Error Handling and Debugging Ch 8: Using PHP with MySQL Ch 9: Common Programming Techniques Ch 10: Web Application Development Ch 11: Cookies and Sessions Ch 12: Security Methods Ch 13: Perl-compatible Regular Expressions Ch 14: Making Universal Sites Ch 15: Example--Message Board Ch 16: Example--User Registration Ch 17: Example--E-Commerce Ap A: Installation
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