[thelist] Re: PHP Books

Kevin Martin kevin at brasscannon.net
Tue Apr 23 08:09:01 CDT 2002


> I'm looking to pick up PHP and was wondering if someone might be able
> suggest a book (I saw the previous post about online resources).  Right now
> I'm debating between the O'Reilly book "PHP Programming" and Wrox's
> "Professional PHP4 Programming".  Any suggestions between those two, or are
> there others people would suggest.  I have a solid background in HTML,
> DHTML, CSS, Java (and JavaScript) if that helps to narrow things down.

Interesting to see the consensus on the Wrox book. I've enjoyed their
little red book for HTML a lot, and will certainly look for this one.

Couple of items that didn't appear in others' lists:

Larry Ullman's "PHP for the World Wide Web" -- it's in the "Visual
Quickstart Guide" series by Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-201-72787-0
A little basic perhaps, especially for someone like yourself who has a
running start on the modern "brace-oriented" languages, but sometimes
getting the basics down pat is a good thing.  You'll want something a
little heavier for dessert.

If or when O'Reilly comes out with a "Weekend Crash Course" for PHP I'll
grab it in a heartbeat.  The Java and Perl entries in that series broke
through some serious logjams of understanding.

--
Kevin "digger" Martin <evolt at brasscannon.net>




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