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PHP

Posted by Andy Yates
Andy Yates
12,726 Points

php book

Hi guys,

Does anyone have any recommendations for a book on learning php?

Failing that, does anyone know whether Treehouse be adding a book on php along the same lines as their CSS3 Foundations?

Cheers!

4 Answers

Lee Drake
Lee Drake
8,996 Points
Lee Drake
Lee Drake
8,996 Points

Murach's PHP and MySQL - Training and Reference - great book -

Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points
Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points

No offence implied of cause, but PHP & MySQL for Dummies seems decent so far (I'm reading it during my breaks at work).

It doesn't expect any prior knowledge - although having some has helped make reading it a bit easier.

It does focus on the interaction of the two and possibly misses out on some other applications of PHP, but since most websites that have alot of substance to them would need to interact with databases learning the two together makes sense :)

kyle rees
kyle rees
1,480 Points
kyle rees
kyle rees
1,480 Points

o-reily might work too

depends on what kinda person you are do you prefer the dry read technical paper books that cover everything and how to use it or the project based books that give examples and good explanations and the odd picture

Andy Yates
Andy Yates
12,726 Points
Andy Yates
Andy Yates
12,726 Points

Dummies sounds right up my street.

Thanks guys