Posted by LJB on 01/24/06 04:50

I really like the Visual Quickpro and Quickstart guides by Larry Ulman.
I have been using PHP and MySQL for quite a while and I still refer
to these books sometimes. You can check it out at amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321186486/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-0249614-4495821?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

TurboFool wrote:
> Alright, I need to learn PHP, but honestly I'm having trouble with some
> of the online tutorials for two reasons:
>
> 1. They're incredibly dry and tend to just say what things do instead
> of going in-depth into examples.
> 2. They don't provide me with excercises and projects in which to test
> out what I've learned. The best books I've ever read on any form of
> scripting, coding, programming, etc. give me tasks in which to use what
> I've been taught. I only learn well by doing, not simply by being
> presented with facts.
>
> So... is there a site and/or a book (I'm willing to buy one if
> necessary) that you would recommend for someone like me?
>
> As a side note, a lot of them seem to put a lot of time and effort into
> instructions on setting up PHP, Apache, and MySQL. I have a web host
> that's already fully configured (and runs PHP as CGI, although Apache
> is an available method that goes against their recommendation), so my
> real needs are how to apply my work to that environment.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jarrett
>

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