Re: FN-FORUM: PHP book recommendation

date posted 17th April 2008 22:19

Paul Cooper wrote:
> I've decided to learn PHP and would appreciate recommendations for
> books.

I really like the O'Reilly series
they tend to be written from a programmers perspective, and don't
repeat the basics too much.
I would also suggest going to a real (big) bookshop and get a feel for
which series suit the way you learn.

The most useful books I have had have involved three chapters of
reading, a few more of examples, and most of the rest being reference.
Programming PHP is the one I have -dated 2002

most of the ones I have kept are O'Reilly, with an honourable mention to
Paul DuBois for MySQL - 2003

HTH

Carrie