[disscussion] PHP free Book

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harsha
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[disscussion] PHP free Book

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HI
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I don;t know how I should start, because I am very poor in presenting things,
So I'll be brief. Many of us post some tricky question(s),
answers, innovative ways to solve a problems related to PHP in this fourm.
I felt that we can collect some of the most outstading topics from this forum
and why don;t we make a free ebook some thing similar to Subversion book
and distribute it to the users say something like "Devnetwork's PHP-FAQs"
it will be more helpful for the users for the reference.
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Sounds Good
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Post by protokol »

I think it's a good idea. However, let's not make it a "Learn to Program PHP" type of book. Let's make it a "Improve Your Pro PHP Skills" type of book.
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Post by potsed »

Let's make it a "Improve Your Pro PHP Skills" type of book.
Yes i think there are too many get started books or tuts, but very few carry on and improve books or tuts. Gr8 idea, maybe do both...??
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Post by Jade »

The problem with making it a just "improve your php skills" is that we have such a wide range of people learning php on here. In my personal opinion i think you'd be better off maybe having 2 sections or 2 books. 1 to learn php and 1 to improve.
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I have starting trouble tell me form where I should start off :-)
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I would be more than happy to help whoever is doing this with the getting started manual. :) .. lemme know is this project ever takes off.
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Post by qads »

nice idea, i would also like to contribute to this idea in anyway i can :).
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Post by evilmonkey »

Wasn't there already a web-based PHP book? Quick search turned up this: viewtopic.php?t=26602.
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potsed wrote: Yes i think there are too many get started books or tuts, but very few carry on and improve books or tuts. Gr8 idea, maybe do both...??
I agree completely with that statement. Even the so called advanced books are really just beginner books for people who know how to code in another language. Does anybody know of a book that actually speaks to people who already have a grasp of the language?
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