Does anyone know of any really good books covering PHP? I have looked on Amazon.com, but I want to know from actual webmasters / programmers what they think is the best book.
I am just getting into PHP, but I have a good grasp on other languages like HTML and DHTML.
I am interested in this because the program is free and my experiences with this have been pretty good.
Cost isn't really a large concern, so any book will do.
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mjames posted this at 02:47—4th July 2001.
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I am in the same boat as you and would be interested to hear any comments from more experienced PHP gurus. Make sure to use php.net extensively, too.
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Megan posted this at 15:58—13th July 2001.
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I recently bought Beginning PHP from Wrox press and it seems to be pretty good so far. I'd heard good things about their books from various developer sites. I'll let you know more after the weekend (hopefully...) when I've had a chance to get into it more.
(unfortunately I didn't find out until after I bought it that I can't install PWS etc. on Win ME... GRRRR! I know, I should have gotten a better OS... will have to work from my website host instead, which is a pain)
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mairving posted this at 17:03—13th July 2001.
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This one called PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson is one of the best. Here is a review on Amazon.
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Gyrbo posted this at 20:02—13th July 2001.
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Can't you just install Apache?
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Adrian J. Moreno posted this at 20:39—25th July 2001.
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I've got PHP for the WWW from Peach Pit. It seems like a decent intro to the language. I'm an experienced Cold Fusion programmer and I just needed a quick intro/refernce and this does it.
sersun posted this at 04:25—1st August 2001.
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I've read a few PHP books. Here's the best:
"Professional PHP Programming" by Wrox. I am a beginning scripter, and it was perfect. Has lots of working examples. Hope this helps
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davidjaymz posted this at 15:27—14th November 2001.
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Hi guys,
Rather than start a new thread I thought I'd hijack this one seens its sort of relevant...
I need a book to teach me how to make a database driven website, I think php mySql is the way to go and have seen some on amazon and fat brain but don't know if any are any good, any ideas?
Thanx in advance
DavidJaymz
Here are the books I'm thinking of:
PHP and MySQL Web Development
Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Database Driven Web Sites
By Joline Morrison,Joline Morrison
Sams Teach Yourself Active Web Database Programming in 21 Days
By Dina Fleet,Matt Warren (Editor)
Building Database Applications on the Web Using Php3
By Craig Hilton,Bjorn Borud,Jeff Willis
Create Dynamic Webpages Using PHP and MySQL
David Tansley
PHP: Fast and Easy Web Development
J. Meloni
Thanx again: DavidJaymz
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Mark Hensler posted this at 16:39—14th November 2001.
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I don't know anything about any of those books.
The one book I have on PHP is the PHP Bible by Tim Converse and Joyce Park (published by IDG). It does have info on DB sites, but it's only a small part of the book.
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