Paperback: 264 pages

Publisher:. Sams (March 29,2005)

ISBN: 0672327627

Product Dimensions: 8.4x5.5x0.6 inches

OVERVIEW

This book offers straightforward practical answers when you need fast results. By working through each 10-minute lesson, you'll learn what you need to begin to use the PHP scripting language to make your websites interactive and dynamic.

REVIEW

When I first laid eyes on this book and its title, Teach Yourself PHP in 10 minutes, my first thought was that I was going to see this!  So I opened it up and figured I'd look through it for ten minutes and see what would hit me. Well, 10 minutes turned into 20, 20 into 30 and 30 into a valuable resource that sits on my desk.

Not only are the lessons within brief, but they are very easy to understand, well presented and very easy to understand for the beginner. Each lesson comes with tips to point out shortcuts, cautions to help you avoid common mistakes and notes to additional infomation. This book can be used in two ways, as a reference or as a complete tutorial on PHP basics. That alone is something that is very rare in teaching type books these days.

    Some of the more valuable and informative lessons will take you into the areas of:

--Strings and variables

--Processing HTML forms

--Controlling and filtering data

--User authentication

--Cookies and sessions

--Security practices

--Configuring PHP and more!!!

The book is pretty basic for experienced PHP coders, but for new or intermediate users this book is worth more than the small $19.99 CAN suggested price. Although the cover suggests it covers PHP 5.0, the coding found within also applies to PHP 4.X

CONCLUSION

This book completely surprised me with its value and does indeed teach you in ten minutes what other books claim to do in 24 hours. Full marks to author Chris Newman for this handy guide.

1.Where can you see this short passage?

    A. In a section for ads in a website.           B. In a book shop.

    C. In a science magazine.                       D. In a fiction novel.

2.What is the book about according to the passage?

    A. How to make a website interactive and dynamic.    B. How to do things in ten minutes.

    C. How to deal with all kinds of problems.           D. How to configure PHP and more.

3.What is the purpose of the passage?

     A. To tell us something about a new book.          B. To tell us something about PHP.

     C. To make an ad for the book to sell it.            D. To tell us how to use the book.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A. You can learn all kinds of things within only ten minutes.

     B. It is a good book only for beginners.

     C. The book is valuable for both experienced PHP coders and beginners.

     D. The book is more useful for new or intermediate users than the experienced PHP coders.

5.What is the price of the book?

A. $19.99 CAN.    B. US$19.99   C. The author doesn't tell us.     D.  $ 20.

Making fists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off 0ist-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too. The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them. Women always think they’re better at lists than men. Men tend to have Tasks which they assemble’ into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of Things To Do.
James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own “time management matrix (模式)”. He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. “Using categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,” he says. “After that, you should divide things into levels of importance.” But he also warns, “If people get too absorbed in making fists, it doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their ability to decide which is the most important.”
It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a packet of Post-it notes or the back of your hand． Having tried all these, student Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, which is printed out each morning. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,” she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head．”
So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time titan the present to begin to take increased control of your work and life. So, get out your pencil and pen and make a list.
【小题1】The main purpose of making lists is to   .

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Are you truly happy? ___1___ These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves．The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life．

● Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy．Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value．

●Surround yourself with happy people．___2___On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious．

●When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self -pity．Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor．

●____3____These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness．

●____4____You can treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance．Then you will be subconsciously（下意识地）putting yourself in a better mood．

●Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness．Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy．

●Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness．_____5_____.

A．It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way．

B．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood．

C．Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?

D．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself．

E．True happiness is hard to reach for most of us.

F．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy．

G．Speak your trouble out to your close friends openly．

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Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? __1__. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. __2__.

When something goes wrong, try to find out a solution instead of being lost in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow difficulties to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can change the situation for better.

_3__. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

_4__. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. __5__.

A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious

C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood．

D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?__【小题1】___. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. ___【小题2】___.
When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
__【小题3】_. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
 【小题4】 . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.   【小题5】 .