Hi guys, I would like to start learning php & mysql. Can anyone recommend a good book for beginners that teaches all the basics clearly and goes on to show intermediate and advanced stuff. Thx
These topics might help. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=106780 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=464829
I don't have any first-hand experience with books for PHP, but there is a ton of information available on line... http://www.php.net/ Complete reference manual, and under each function are contributions from developers showing real-world examples. It is an excellent resource. http://www.php.net/tut.php A good PHP tutorial for beginners. http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials.php More PHP tutorials, from beginner to advanced, with tons of sample code. It is another excellent resource, and has "printer friendly" pages if you want to have a hard copy of some of the material. http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp Another very good tutorial and reference. http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/php-tutorials Sitepoint offers some good material, though not generally geared toward beginners (or maybe I'm just dumb, because a lot of it is over my head). I'm very new to PHP, but in the past couple weeks have found much good information on the internet. And when you have questions, there are forums like this one to help guide you. If you read lots of the posts, you will discover who gives good accurate answers, and who does not. Just like the real world. Good luck with your endeavors.
In another post this book was mentioned http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672328887. I m not sure if it is good for beginners. :S