Good PHP book?

[DAM]

Well, I know there are a million sites out there, but is there a book that might be a good tutorial for someone who wants to learn PHP?


Thanks,

dam()

 

[Modeps]

I've always loved Oreilly books, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progphp/ but they're not great for actual teaching... There's a PHP and MySQL for Dummies book that yo umay want to check out.

 

[Drakkon]

i dont think it gets any better than the php chm manual myself...plenty of code examples and a lot of neat tips/tricks to use.

 

[AFB]

php.net

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
i dont think it gets any better than the php chm manual myself...plenty of code examples and a lot of neat tips/tricks to use.

agreed :beer:

 

[mugs]

I like books myself, but for PHP, php.net is really all you need.

 

[phaxmohdem]

I personally like Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hours. I use that and Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache to build my sites. I"m still a PHP NOOB in the broad scheme of things, but these books are laid out nicely and information is easy to find. I read a couple chapters, started typing, and now just reference the book when I need a line of code, or tutorial for something. Both books can be had for 24-30 USD.