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PHP Books?

BlackOnyx · 2008-04-23 13:18:44

I have to learn PHP and MySQL for work and need the names of some good books.

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23-04-2008 2:18pm

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BlackOnyx

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I have to learn PHP and MySQL for work and need the names of some good books.

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#2 23-04-2008 3:35pm
Evil Phil

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I can recommend the Php Cookbook from O'Reilly as a reference. Not a good introduction book but once you get up and running it has loads of examples of how to do everyday tasks.

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#3 24-04-2008 12:17am
machalla

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This is a good begininers guide.

http://www.dmcinsights.com/phpmysql2/

This is a solid book also that deals with some more advanced topics

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webdbapps2/

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#4 24-04-2008 12:31am
DublinDilbert

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Here's a good book if you want to get up to speed quickly, and know a bit of html already:-

http://www.ineasysteps.com/books/details/?1840782072

that's where i learnt all my php basics from....

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#5 25-04-2008 11:09pm
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http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Development-Luke-Welling/dp/0672317842

Super book.

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#6 30-04-2008 12:53pm
Talisman

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You could also use the free 24 hour trial for Lynda.com to view the video tutorials there:

http://www.lynda.com/freepass/24/

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