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tsunchao
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I am a new developer getting into PHP. Can anyone give me advice on what book is good and if there is a application to code in? Thank you.
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Post by infolock »

it's not a book, but an online manual. http://www.php.net
download their manual, or print it out ( if you have about 1800 pages and a laser printer you can access lol .. )

other then that, dunno. only used the manual on their website truthfully.
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I like the WROX series of books, but that is only my opinion. :)
but that is just to get started otherwise php.net is the place for more information then you can probably safely handle without damaging precious brain matter.
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Post by volka »

and there are some other threads on this topic, i.e. viewtopic.php?t=2598&highlight=book
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Post by mydimension »

deffinetly get your hands on a reference book. i currently own "PHP Functions - Essential Reference" (pub. New Riders) and it helps with about 95% of the function syntax problems i run into. my only grip about the book is that it dosen't have everything. thats when i turn to php.net.
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Post by Takuma »

Try Black Book series, there are really good, also PHP Bible are also quite good.
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