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PHP Books
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 8:24 pm
by DfyAnt
Hi guys! After installing PHPNuke and messing with it, I want to learn more on PHP. This is why I come to you people! Can you recommend any 5 star books for beginners.
Thanks for the info!

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 10:50 pm
by AƩrolithe
I am currently reading
Programming PHP by Kevin Tatroe and Rasmus Lerdorf and it is very good so far, but I am only on chapter two. The only problems I have had with it so far are that it sometimes mentions something without explaining it well, but as far as I know most of it gets attention later, so I have just skipped over it. Another soultion to this problem is to refer to the PHP manual at
http://www.php.net. The book doesn't assume any prior programming experience.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 10:55 pm
by qiangxd
php manual is best mothod to learn php.
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 12:29 am
by volka
there are already some other threads with (or similar) this topic, e.g. in general discussion
viewtopic.php?t=2598 and
viewtopic.php?t=2134
Good book
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:23 pm
by Rincewind
I used (well still using actually) "Sams Teach yourself PHP in 24 hours"
ISBN 0-672-32311-7
This worked out great for me, good explanation to most procedures described, when this book
didn't help me anymore i got "Professional PHP4" from Wrox
ISBN 1-861006-91-8
Which has helped me further, I like these two, can't promise they will be right for you though

Good luck
Rincewind_the_Wizzard