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Posted by FrobinRobin on 04/14/07 11:32
On 14 Apr, 07:23, "WJRutledge" <WJRutle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just like the subject says, I'm interested in taking up PHP and would
> like to know if anyone knows of any books that are a must have. I know
> there are tons of books out there on every language, but I'm sure some
> are much better than others. I'm mainly looking for a beginners book
> that also had advanced content too, but if that doesn't exist, then
> just an excellent beginners book would be fine too. Thanks in advance
> for any information you can give!
I'm presuming you mean PHP AND MySQL (database) rather than just PHP
itself? is so >>
My first book (some 3-4 years ago) was "PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web
Sites (Visual QuickPro Guides)" it was a great intro and I referenced
it many times whilst trying to learn about arrays, loops, and much
more.
It is EASY READING and it also has good visuals, unlike the second
book I brought, which was a huge SOLID text book and didnt explain
things very well.
If you have no experience of PHP AND little or no experience of
programming in general then I would 100% recommend this book as it's
not very big but covers everything you need to start programming in
PHP and MySQL. There is also code supplied (CD or online
downloadable).
Otherwise there are other books by this publisher such as "PHP for the
World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)"
which I beleive just concentrate on PHP - however I havent read this
so I really can't comment.
Also, PHP.NET (the offical PHP website) is the NUMBER ONE resource for
finding out about PHP's built in functions - in my words it is the PHP
bible. (Sorry for such a long post, Im a real chatterbox!)
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