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Programming PHP | Core PHP

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:57 pm
by nigma
Hey, I recently visited Barnes and Noble to look at two books:
Programming PHP (by O'Reilly) and Core PHP (by Prentice Hall).

Both books looked quite informative. Core PHP seemed to be at least 500 pages longer than Programming PHP though, yet there pricetags differed by only a few dollars.

I was hoping someone here who has read both or even one of the two books listed above could help clue me into some of the downsides & advantages of buying each book.

Thanks a bunch for any help provided.

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:01 am
by Saethyr
Nigma,

You might check amazon bro, I just ordered 7 PHP books and 2 MySQL books for 106$ Got the following.

PHP Bible
MySQL Bible
PHP Developers Cookbook
PHP Development for Windows
Core MySQL
PHP By Example
Core PHP
PHP Quick Reference Guide
and one more that escapes me ATM.


I bought several of them used for like 6 bucks. The 3 most expensive were

PHP Bible - $30
Core PHP - $19
PHP Developers Cookbook - $15

This is off Amazon:
Programming PHP
by Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe (Paperback - March 2002)
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2. Core PHP Programming, Third Edition
by Leon Atkinson (Author), Zeev Suraski (Author) (Paperback)
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:07 am
by Nay
Saethyr wrote:You might check amazon bro, I just ordered 7 PHP books and 2 MySQL books for 106$ Got the following.
1 book (PHP Bible), since April, and now a heredoc lover ;)...

Wonder who that might be eh?

-Nay

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:27 am
by qads
Nay wrote:1 book (PHP Bible), since April, and now a heredoc lover ;)...
yep, about the same here...expect the heredoc part, dont know what nay sees in that stuff :lol:

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:29 am
by Nay
Yer, people who're outside can't see it ;)

-Nay

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:47 pm
by crayon
so which books u all recommend ?

thkx

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:32 pm
by xisle
I mainly use Core PHP and MySQL (dubois), both second edition

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:34 pm
by Straterra
The only documents I use are SAMS Teach Yourself PHP and the PHP Documentation.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 4:02 pm
by Saethyr
after having thumbed through most of my amazon purchase I have to say my favorites are MySQL and PHP Bibles and the PHP Developers Cookbook. All 3 are written very clearly and are easy to understand.


Saethyr

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:30 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Every script I've made (well.. fully functional one, not just a snippet) has used heredoc.. Thanks nay! :P