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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.
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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 February 18,
in the sidebar should be "An" not
2008
"As".
1: Introduction to
PHP
14
In the second bullet point, it should February 18,
say that a variable's name can
2008
contain a combination of letters,
numbers, and the underscore.
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 righthand column should refer to
May 19, 2008
"Primes" plural:
{$numbers['Primes'][0]}.
2: Programming
with PHP
65
The last paragraph of the sidebar
February 18,
should refer to the $s2 variable, not 2008
$string2.
3: Creating
Dynamic Web
Sites
85
In the paragraph under Step 2, the July 09, 2008
last sentence should start This
variable will correlate....
3: Creating
Dynamic Web
Sites
89
In the code at the end of the lefthand column, there's an extra
closing parentheses after
($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
89
In the second block of example
January 19,
code in the right-hand column, the 2009
third line is missing a closing
double quotation mark. It should be
echo "<option
value=\"$y\"";
3: Creating
Dynamic Web
Sites
98
The last paragraph before the
April 15, 2008
numbered steps should say there's
no way to pass $msg a value.
4: Introduction to
MySQL
118
There should not be a space
between the hyphen and the letter
"u" in the first bullet.
May 19, 2008
5: Introduction to
SQL
137
The SQL command in the second
tip should end with WHERE
last_name LIKE '_smith%'.
February 18,
2008
5: Introduction to
SQL
146
The last sentence of the first
paragraph should read ...MySQL
functions in other types....
July 09, 2008
5: Introduction to
SQL
147
In Table 5.2, the Usage value for
the second item should begin as
"CONCAT_WS(...".
February 18,
2008
5: Introduction to
SQL
147
In Table 5.2, the Returns value for
the last item should say that the
string indexing begins at 1, not 0.
February 18,
2008
6: Advanced SQL
and MySQL
172
In the third sentence in the rightOctober 25,
hand paragraph, "troutocity" should 2008
be "trouster".
6: Advanced SQL
and MySQL
179
The last sentence in Step 2 should February 18,
say that "An outer join is used...".
2008
6: Advanced SQL
and MySQL
179
The query in Step 2 should actually November 05,
end GROUP BY (users.user_id).
2008
As written in the book, only one
user without posts will be returned.
The same change applies to Figure
6.24.
6: Advanced SQL
and MySQL
182
In the second paragraph in the
right-hand column, "doesn't not"
should just be "does not".
October 25,
2008
7: Error Handling
and Debugging
207
The code in Step 1 omits the
<h2>Testing Display
Errors</h2> that is in the
corresponding script.
April 15, 2008
8: Using PHP with
MySQL
224
In Script 8.1, the opening HEAD
tag on line 3 erroneously has a
quotation mark.
July 09, 2008
8: Using PHP with
MySQL
236
The first line of code in Step 9
should read
mysqli_close($dbc);. The
corresponding script is correct.
April 15, 2008
8: Using PHP with
MySQL
252
Line 18 of Script 8.7 should begin January 26,
with $e = .... The corresponding 2008
code in Step 4 on page 253 is
correct.
9: Common
Programming
Techniques
266
The header in Figure 9.3 should be May 19, 2008
"Delete a User".
9: Common
Programming
Techniques
275
The first line of code under Step 12 April 15, 2008
should refer to MYSQLI_NUM (all
in uppercase). The corresponding
script is correct.
9: Common
Programming
Techniques
281
On lines 9 and 10 of the first
May 19, 2008
paragraph under step 6, it should
say The second page would show
records 10 through 19; the third, 20
through 29; and so forth.
10: Web
Application
Development
309
Line 24 of Script 10.3 inadvertently April 15, 2008
include 'image/jpeg' twice. This
also applies to the code in Step 3
on page 310.
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.
10: Web
Application
312
The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden input October 25,
in Script 10.3 on line 85 should end 2008
April 15, 2008
Development
with a space and a backslash to be
XHTML compliant. This also
applies to the code in Step 10 on
page 314.
10: Web
Application
Development
324
The second-to-last line of text
should refer to the $name variable
not the $name function.
April 15, 2008
11: Cookies and
Sessions
357
In the paragraph that begins
Another change you..., the word
"the" is repeated.
April 15, 2008
11: Cookies and
Sessions
359
Line 9 of Script 11.13 and the
corresponding code in Step 5
needs one more closing
parentheses.
February 18,
2008
12: Security
Methods
369
On the fourth line of the sidebar,
"even form a database" should be
"even from a database".
October 25,
2008
12: Security
Methods
383
In line 13 of the first paragraph, it
should say "...view the data in
its...".
January 19,
2009
14: Making
Universal Sites
437
In the sidebar, the three references October 25,
to the set_locale() function should 2008
be setlocale(), without an
underscore. The same goes for
ucwords(), in the right-hand
column.
16: Example--User
Registration
491
Line 21 of Script 16.3 should end
with a slash after
www.example.com.
16: Example--User
Registration
509
On line 13 of Script 16.7, and on
January 26,
line 8 of the code in Step 2, there's 2008
a closing parentheses missing. The
July 09, 2008
correct line should be
if (isset($_GET['y']) &&
(strlen($_GET['y']) == 32)
) {
16: Example--User
Registration
510
Line 29 of Script 16.7 and the
corresponding code in Step 4 on
page 511 should not have the
closing </font> tag.
October 25,
2008
16: Example--User
Registration
523
The last sentence in the
explanation for Step 7 should say
"email address" instead of
"password" (twice).
October 25,
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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