A good starting book for PHP and mySQL

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joki
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A good starting book for PHP and mySQL

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Hi

Just wanted to know if anyone could recommend a good book to start with? I'm at the moment using Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One which is an EBook. I would like really to use a normal book as I find that I cant take in the information out of an ebook like I can with a real book.

I am an ASP developer, converting to PHP so I do understand the concepts about PHP

Thanks for your help
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Hi, welcome to PHPDN.

Personaly I would recomend PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson but there are many others as good or better... there are many posts on this same topic on the furm, do a search (click here or the 'Search' button from the toolbar on the top of this page) using 'recomend book' or 'beginner book', 'beginner php book', 'mysql php book', etc as search keyword and mark 'search for all terms'. Also make a search on Amazon and read the reviews...

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Post by m3mn0n »

Sami wrote:Image

That one is great for beginners to PHP wanting a solid foundation for PHP learning.

Here is one which will take your PHP programming to the next level...

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It's a very good book. I highly recommend it. It discusses a lot of interesting advanced topics.

Don't forget to google some reviews of a book before you buy it. =)
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Post by malcolmboston »

sami the larry pullman book you plugged sucks

it was the first book id ever bought i even mentioned it on these forums
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that book says it covers PHP4 (w/ reg globals off) but doesnt in many many scripts

scripts are basic to say the least and not useful whatsoever

i would not recommend it
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scorphus wrote:Hi, welcome to PHPDN.

Personaly I would recomend PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson but there are many others as good or better...
my thoughts exactly. read it, own it, master it, love it. great book. went through many a coders book ( sams, assorted bibles, teach-it-yourself's, etc.. ), but PHP and MySQL Web Development took the cake for me. Very well documented, very well organized, and an awsome reference to almost any type of site you can think of for database web development needs..

just awsome
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malcolmboston wrote:sami the larry pullman book you plugged sucks

it was the first book id ever bought i even mentioned it on these forums
viewtopic.php?t=15369&highlight=

that book says it covers PHP4 (w/ reg globals off) but doesnt in many many scripts

scripts are basic to say the least and not useful whatsoever

i would not recommend it
heh, i can't help but plug that book. it's how i learned php..and i think i had a very good foundation because just weeks after i bought it i created a pretty complex web game.

It is very outdated, but if you want one that I know will teach you all you need to know about the language (outdated stuff aside) this is a good book.

The second one i plugged is much more up to date, and will take you to the next level after you've done the basics.
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Post by graphicmd »

I learned by reading a book called PHP by Example.
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Post by aceweb »

Hi,

There's a book for dummies that I have that looks pretty good:

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dummies ... 55898.html

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Justin
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