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what is the best php magazine?

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:15 pm
by pkay
hello all,
i just started programing PHP and i think that reading books on PHP isn't enough for me.i think i should read PHP magazine but there are 2 major PHP magazines out there
1.http://www.phparch.com/
2.http://www.php-mag.net/

i can not decide which one is the best.
can you please give me your opinion?

thanks in advance

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:18 pm
by Deemo
just browse these forums. they are the best learning tool :D

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:30 pm
by John Cartwright
I never even knew PHP magazines existed. :)

Must be for those l33t programmers or something, cause I never needed them.

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:58 pm
by AVATAr
Im suscribed to phparchitect pdf version (2,6USD!).

They have good ideas. Nothing exceptional... but good ideas. In the last issue they described how to read OpenOffice files and how could you integrate it to a web aplication. Theres nothing new on this, but it was a cool idea, and now i have Open Office integration in my Content Management System (the users loves it).

So you dont need them, but there are great ideas that can "open your mind". :D

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:44 pm
by m3mn0n
AVATAr wrote:So you dont need them, but there are great ideas that can "open your mind". :D
Yeah that's why I might subscribe to one of them sometime in the future.

But right now I already subscribe to a couple computer magazines and also Men's Health so that takes up all my magazine reading time. :wink:

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:42 am
by mudkicker
Sami wrote: and also Men's Health :wink:
This one sure takes time :D

I want to subscribe to a mag, too but they aren't sold in Turkey (at least I didn't find them anywhere) and by purchasing online is too expensive... :(

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:55 am
by AVATAr
Try the pdf suscription... its very cheap: 2,89 USD each (phpatchitect) // USD 5 each (phpmagazine)

Both of them have free issues... download them.. they are very good.

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:23 am
by mudkicker
i want it paper-printed this is the problem. ;)

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:30 am
by AVATAr
Its not the same, but, i print them in a laser printer. :)

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:58 am
by mudkicker
:) well it's another problem. i don't have a laser printer even a printer and if i want it to be printed it costs mooooore than i buy it online. :(

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:28 pm
by AVATAr
damn! :(

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:36 pm
by John Cartwright
AVATAr wrote:Try the pdf suscription... its very cheap: 2,89 USD each (phpatchitect) // USD 5 each (phpmagazine)

Both of them have free issues... download them.. they are very good.
what are you going to use on the crapper.. unless you got a laptop...
but even that i dont recommend brinigng your laptop in the washroom :P

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:06 pm
by AVATAr
Phenom wrote:what are you going to use on the crapper.. unless you got a laptop...
but even that i dont recommend brinigng your laptop in the washroom :P
Jaja... i do use my Thinkpad on the crapper!... its a bit dificult to use it, so i use a small table..

But the mags are always better on paper!. :P

(maybe we can open a poll "do you use your notebook in the crapper": Yes/No/I dont have notebook/I have a full desktop in it)