Best PHP book for beginners

I am looking for a good PHP beginners book. Can anyone suggest me??

thanks in advance

 

Beginning PHP, Apache and MySQL, a Wrox press book, I learned A LOT in thin book

 

Actually .. The best way to learn PHP is a trial/error method ! On-topic : Wrox tutorials are pretty good for beginners

 

thanks for telling me., where are these tutorials? are they available on their website??

 

Learn PHP by Larry is the best.

Peace,

 

PHP: A Beginner's Guide
Product Description

Essential Skills–Made Easy!

Learn how to build dynamic, data-driven Web applications using PHP. Covering the latest release of this cross-platform, open-source scripting language, PHP: A Beginner’s Guide teaches you how to write basic PHP programs and enhance them with more advanced features such as MySQL and SQLite database integration, XML input, and third-party extensions. This fast-paced tutorial provides one-stop coverage of software installation, language syntax and data structures, flow control routines, built-in functions, and best practices.

Designed for Easy Learning:

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Key Skills & Concepts–Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
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Ask the Expert–Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
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Try This–Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
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Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
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Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
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Cautions–Errors and pitfalls to avoid
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Self-Tests–Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge
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Annotated Syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

About the Author
Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire, a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is the author of PHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, and MySQL: The Complete Reference. Vikram is the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users. He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn’t looked back since. Vikram is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites.


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@freon25, thanks for the link...

 

Beginning Php/MySQL in 24 hours is an easy book. Its really nice. I learned from it.

 

You can try Learning PHP & MySQL by Michele E. Davis & Jon A. Phillips (oreilly.com). It proved to be very helpful for me when I was starting out.

 

I read a book written by Larry Ullman and it's easy to understand.

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Make sure the book you get specifies that it's using PHP5, ideally a newer version of PHP5.. otherwise you'll be learning about a version that's not only out of date, but at its end of life

 

even i feel "Beginning Php/MySQL in 24 hours" is nice book for kickstart in PHP

 

thanks for the link

 

I used Tizag to learn at first. They have a downloadable PDF that you can print out with a few hundred pages. It's really great for a beginner.

 

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Books
Start with:
PHP and MYSQL Web Development / ISBN 0-672-32672-8 This one is 892 pages

After youre confortable:
PHP 5 Advanced by Larry Ullman / ISBN 0-321-37601-3

Good Luck!

 

I think the best books for php are Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours,Learn PHP / MySQL Training DVD and others found here

http://www.my-php-scripts.net/index.php/basic-php-tutorials/best-book-for-php-beginners.html

Best of luck for php

 

This one is really good I also recommend it

Also the book from Larry Uliman

 

Learn PHP by Larry