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O'Reilly or not O'Reilly? (suggestions please)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:34 pm
by PHP_Wanabe
It seems that the book I trusted will give some tools to learn PHP is not that good (Learning PHP and MySQL, O'Reilly 1st Ed). Lots of errors and not quite current on latest PHP usage. Errata on their site is not updated either, its time to dump the book and look for something better.

So, if anybody has an suggestion on a great book for beginner PHP programmers I'll appreciate a title or two.

Thanks

Re: O'Reilly or not O'Reilly? (suggestions please)

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:14 am
by siji86
Head First PHP by Orielly is a great Book, you will surely enjoy it.
Besides, Programming in PHP by Lerdorf Rasmus is also a good book to give you a much needed start in PHP.

Re: O'Reilly or not O'Reilly? (suggestions please)

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:21 am
by social_experiment
I started my 'schooling' with SAMS Teach yourself PHP in 24 hours 3rd edition it's by Matt Zandstra and the ISBN is 0-672-32619-1. It might be a bit out of date now because the book covers PHP 4.3 but it helped me grasp the basics. Also, try and get the PHP Manual, that will go a long way in assisting (if you are a 'learn-by-example' type of person).