Help For Beginner
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tonyeveland
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Help For Beginner
What book would you recommend to get started with PHP/MySql?
- trukfixer
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I'd suggest learning some structured language first .. like python or java or C or C++ but otherwise I guess Beginning PHP4 from Wrox Press.. (its the only php book I ever owned hahaha - my bible is http://www.php.net)
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tonyeveland
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Thanks for the help
When I know something about PHP, I'll return the favor!
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- raghavan20
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PHP and mysql development is the name of the book...here is the amazonlink
Advanced PHP programming for PHP 5...here is the amazon link
You can start with the first book. After you see the list of items in the contents page, you can check online articles for those topics in the contents page.
What timvw showed will give you a good overview of what exists in PHP and these sites will be useful for you ...
phpfreaks
phpbuilder
sitepoint
zend sometimes
tizag, a starter
Advanced PHP programming for PHP 5...here is the amazon link
You can start with the first book. After you see the list of items in the contents page, you can check online articles for those topics in the contents page.
What timvw showed will give you a good overview of what exists in PHP and these sites will be useful for you ...
phpfreaks
phpbuilder
sitepoint
zend sometimes
tizag, a starter
- php3ch0
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I reccomend;
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 8?v=glance
Teach yourself PHP basic in 24, 1 hour lessons
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 8?v=glance
Teach yourself PHP basic in 24, 1 hour lessons
Thats what i started with many years ago...still use it now and then.php3ch0 wrote:I reccomend;
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 8?v=glance
Teach yourself PHP basic in 24, 1 hour lessons
Love the Teach Yourself books...brilliant!
Not quite.Grim... wrote:Me too, however, I thought it was a bit crap.
You can't learn PHP in 24 months, so '24 hours'? The book is flawed from the start
The book is broken down into 24 one hour lessons, which is completely different from "learning PHP in 24 hours".
Each lesson is well contructed and doesn't become too advanced too quickly, introducing new features as you progress through the lessons.
It is a brilliant book to get you started writing scripts.