Good book to learn about php web development?

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marktheman
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Good book to learn about php web development?

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Hi,
Just wondering could someone suggest a good book to start learning using php for web development? I have experience as a developer previously, currently finishing the SCJD project, so I'm hoping to understand php pretty quickly, also know HTML, CSS and Javascript pretty well. (Just stating to show I have some experience with programming languages and not learning from stratch :D ).Any help much appreciated!
Thanks.
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omniuni
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Re: Good book to learn about php web development?

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http://www.amazon.com/PHP5-MySQL-Bible- ... 0764557467

http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Develop ... 0672317842

Those are two of my personal favorites, the second one (PHP and MySQL Development) is the book I personally learned my first steps with.
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Payton
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Re: Good book to learn about php web development?

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I picked up Larry Ullman's PHP For The World Wide Web the other day from Books A Million, and so far, it's been a very good book. :)
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Re: Good book to learn about php web development?

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Cheers,
Thanks for the replies. Ended up getting the Larry Ullman book, looks good. Thanks a million for all the help.
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