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a good book on PHP and DB design and structure

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:54 am
by MrPotatoes
i know database programming but honestly i could learn more and do more.

is there a good book on all the basics to advanced topics for php and databases? i want to keep it general because i'm not only interested in MySQL. mostly because there are much better DB's out there and i would like to focus onthings like oracle (dev edition) and others.

ideas?

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:09 am
by feyd
In my experience, Oracle is generally worse, but that's a different story.

Lets see, what database books do I have on my shelves:
  • Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design, ISBN 0-321-29353-3. Published by Addison-Wesley; Martin Fowler Signature Series.
  • Java Database Best Practices, ISBN 0-596-00522-9. Published by O'Reilly.
I haven't, technically, read either book yet. I have the latter as a reference, I don't care about the Java. The former, I'm not absolutely sure why I bought it yet, other than it's a Martin Fowler Series book. I anticipate I will need it in the future.