Good PHP books?

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Can you recommend some good PHP books?
Thank you.

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If you are a newbie and want to learn PHP then w3schools will be best fr you. You can do online practical i W3 practical book. This is a very nice site for the learners and having a lot of traffic

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w3schools is Ok. I refer to it from time to time. I did not read the following website, but I know that some pople say it is not as good: http://w3fools.com/

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Hmmm... that is an interesting site. I just took a look at it yesterday. I've never been a huge fan of w3schools. I think the content is relatively mediocre considering the search rankings and recommendations (and presumably traffic) it gets. It's overrated.

On the other hand, I think it's pretty scummy to make a whole site ripping apart another website, down to line-by-line inaccuracies. As a writer of web design help resources, I know it sometimes makes sense to simplify things for newbies, even it means being somewhat inaccurate.

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if you want to learn PHP then you have no need to purchase manual book there are many sites which are provides best learning pattern as like "www.w3school.com" and "www.php.com" and if you want to purchase manual book then "PHP programming solutions" is the best..

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I've found that the W3 Schools site is a good way to learn the basics of a language. You can then add to your knowledge from that foundation, like building the basement before building the rest of the house. I think too many newbies begin by purchasing some thousand-page "bible" and then get lost in the details.

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For PHP, I like the PHP in a Nutshell book it is also a good reference when you don't have access to the online manual. Most books from the "in a nutshell".

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you can learn PHP from www.php.com for better go through ......

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Once you get past the basics, if you have an interest in WordPress, the following book I found very helpful in not only understanding how the guts of WP works, but also a good start on plugins:

Professional WordPress by Wrox
http://www.amazon.com/Professional-WordPress-Wrox-Programmer/dp/0470560541

-Greg

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Dummies books are Great Resource to learn web development or PHP for a newbie . will let you to start your small website to go for bigger version

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I have gone through "PHP And MYSQL Web Development" and "SQL for MYSQL developers" recently and they're good.

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There are many books shared in here and some of them are completely new to me. I read some of the PHP development books and I watch videos for PHP training.

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If you want to learn PHP from base then W3schools.com is the best site for you.

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yes W3schools is the best site for you and also best sites for learners..!!

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Thanks for sharing such a nice information. It really helps us.

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Why are people buying php books? There are a zillion PHP tutorials available for free on the internet, just type "PHP tutorial" in your favorite search engine and you can start reading. However, if you really want to learn PHP I can only say that in my honest opinion no online tutorial can help you learn PHP faster and easier then a good PHP book will. Invest a few bucks in a real PHP book - you won't regret it!!!

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Some best PHP books are:
PHP Essentials, 2nd Edition
PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
PHP Bible, 2nd Edition

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According to me "PHP Cookbook" is the best PHP book.

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