Posted by dazweeja on 04/15/07 09:50

On Apr 14, 4:23 pm, "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!

If you're complete programming newbie, the book mentioned in the first
reply, "PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites (Visual QuickPro Guides)",
has some good reviews on Amazon.

I've got a little programming experience so I ended up buying
"Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional" and I think
it's great. Very well-written, easy to read and thorough enough to
cover all but the most advanced features of PHP/MySQL.

Whichever book you choose, I would recommend getting one that is
written specifically for PHP5 rather than earlier versions of PHP. The
newer approach to object-oriented programming in PHP5 encourages much
better programming practices and will make it much easier to move to
other languages like Java later on if you so choose.

Good luck,
Daz.

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