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Good book for PHP beginer

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:49 pm
by flashgear
I would like to know what would be a good book for a PHP beginner .. mind you , i don't want a PHP for Dummies ;)
but somethign that would be more detailed :D

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:54 pm
by protokol
A good book to start with is "Programming PHP" from O'Reilly

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 88-2816602

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:59 pm
by flashgear
hey thanx for the quick reply ... checking it out now

MySql too?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 10:07 pm
by rokamortis
If you will have the need for a database too - try PHP and MySQL Web Development.

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 6:03 am
by flashgear
thanx for the suggestion guiys .... however i bought begining php4 by WROX from another friends advice . I hope it will be good .

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:40 am
by ssand
I found PHP and MySQL Web Development very helpful.

:!: But, the writers/editors did NOT proofread their own book. In the first chapter there are numerous mistakes to thier basic introduction to variables - which of course make a world of difference in results!

All in all it is a nice book with a CD, that has all the code from the book.

Steve

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:42 pm
by kaizix
i bought begining php4 by WROX sometime ago and am really pleased with it. i felt that it gave me a good grasp of how it all works and how i can write stuff on my own. starting to look into mysql books now (maybe xml) so i may have to check out that php and mysql web dev. book.

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 1:23 pm
by Johnm
I agree, Beginning PHP4 by Wrox is a good way to get started.
Direwolf