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cootcraig
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PHP Books for experienced coder?

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I'm an experienced coder and just starting my first project with PHP. I like having books in hand and would like
some book recommendations. I've been working with web technologies for about 2 years and my tool of
choice currently is Ruby with the Sinatra framework. I work with Windows and Linux.

Here are the topics I'm interested in:

* PHP as a programming language
* PHP language and libraries as a platform for Web development

I'm not really wanting something on a particular framework, but not opposed to that either. I can imagine a Zend
specific book might be a good choice given the scope of the Zend platform.

Thanks
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Re: PHP Books for experienced coder?

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I found Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf and Kevin Tatroe - kind of dated but written by the developers of PHP, goes into various commands and how to use em, a lot of "gee I didn't know that could do that" moments for me.

The other I picked through a lot was the Visual Quickstart Guide to PHP, mainly because it was good for quick answers with some good examples.

Currently the on-line documentation on php.net is my first go to reference, as each command has not only examples but also a discussion thread so you get perspectives on how to use such commands, unforeseen gotchas or alternative methods which may help better.
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Thanks. I will get this book.
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Here's an advanced PHP book I'll consider:

http://www.amazon.com/Pro-PHP-Patterns- ... 590598199/
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