[thelist] suggestion - php book

[David Wagner]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, cayley vos wrote:

> I am a beginning programmer and am looking for an
> introduction to php.  I've head that wrox writes some
> good intro books, as does O'riley.  Is there one in
> particular people are fond of?

Catching up on old messages. Sorry this isn't more timely.

I've only done a little PHP coding, but the most useful resource I've
found (besides php.net, which is excellent) is the O'Reilly PHP Pocket
Reference. For me, it's a lot easier (and cheaper) to pick up the basics
from online tutorials and then have a small reference to glance at, rather
than trying to use a more in-depth book for both purposes. I hate having
an entire library on my desk for every project.

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David Wagner
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