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Posted by M. Sokolewicz on 02/21/05 17:33
O`Reilly's programming PHP is quite good too :)
Judson Vaughn wrote:
> I second O'Reilly's PHP Cookbook. Another recommendation is Larry
> Ullman's books, especially HP Advanced for the World Wide Web. I try to
> triangulate, using several books that come at the code differently.
>
> Jud.
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> Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
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>> * Daniel Purdy <daniel.purdy@niicommunications.com>:
>>
>>
>>> [snip]
>>> I'm looking for an easy to read PHP book that will help me learn a solid
>>> foundation in PHP.
>>>
>>> I'm already familiar with the language but want to make sure I'm coding
>>> in the most efficient manner.
>>>
>>> What's a few of the better books out there?
>>> [/snip]
>>> [snip jblanchard:]
>>> I personally like the O'Reilly books on PHP, especially the PHP Cookbook
>>> [/snip]
>>>
>>>
>>> My personal favorites are the ones with the bright red covers published
>>> by wrox (they are usually just titled the language, so in this case
>>> PHP). I have found they provide excellent quick reference and also are
>>> great for sitting down and reading through to get a better grasp of the
>>> language. HTH!
>>>
>>
>>
>> I cannot disagree more. I have a copy of "Professional PHP Programming"
>> from circa 2000. It has a ton of real-world examples... that are
>> completely insecure and display really bad programming habits.
>> Additionally, the function listings at the back are not indexed, so if
>> you don't know, for instance, that the function 'split' is a regular
>> expression function, you'll never find it. The HTML reference was
>> complete fluff (shouldn't have even been in the book).
>> I honestly haven't found an introductory PHP book I could recommend --
>> I'd look for a good book on programming and/or programming practices for
>> the web, and then figure out how to translate that into PHP (using
>> php.net as a reference).
>>
>>
>>
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