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Reccommended Books

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:13 pm
by Decker87
I'm looking to buy a book to teach me how to use PHP and MySQL. What I'm really going for is a database that a user can enter information into, and other users can search through that information using many filters. What books are recommended?

PS: Yes I'm looking for books, not tutorials.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:22 am
by devork
best book
is php manual, free to download
http://www.php.net

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 3:29 pm
by Decker87
Can people not read...I want a book! Not something online. 8O

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:19 pm
by MishaPappa
Well, if you download the appropriate language version at http://www.php.net/download-docs.php and then print it out and bind it together, wouldn't that be a book? :roll:

Or, perhaps a visit to Amazon.com might be in order if you really want to spend money before even seeing what the PHP manual has to offer...

Or, you could visit http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpmysql1/ where several chapters of a well reviewed book are available for download to preview first and then you can fork over $34.95 for a hard-copy version...

I believe that the selection of self-education material is very subjective and personal process -- what may work for me based upon my technical experience and aptitude may be dry, uninspiring and lacking for you... the "one man's ceiling" syndrome... visit a library, visit a book store, touch them, feel them, read a few pages here and there, see if the author's vocabulary and presentation methods work for you... and always plan on buying at least 4 different books covering various and sometimes redundant aspects of the same topic.