[Web4lib] php

[Tim Spalding]

Here's a shout-out for two books:

PHP and MySQL for dummies by Janet Valade
http://www.librarything.com/work/142576

Yes, I know, I'm not supposed to suggest a Dummies book, but I think
they make a good introduction, especially if you follow them up with
their opposite. So, after Dummies, I say go with O'Reilly. The
O'Reilly books are so much better than their competitors, those
tiresome four-inch thick books.

Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf.
http://www.librarything.com/work/16008

I think Dummies/O'Reilly combination makes for a perfect math. You are
eased into some of the ideas in a non-threatening way, then you get
the straight deal. You skip the bloviation.

Best,
Tim

On 10/16/07, Jonathan Gorman <jtgorman at uiuc.edu> wrote:
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> Perhaps this will sound like an obvious suggestion, but if you already have some experience with programming languages the documentation on php.net, http://www.php.net/manual/en/, can be useful.  The user comments on the individual module and some of the language reference pages can be quite useful, but they're not always correct.  Take them with a grain of salt.
>
> Jon Gorman
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:25:40 -0500
> >From: "Raumin "Ray" Dehghan" <infoscience1 at gmail.com>
> >Subject: [Web4lib] php
> >To: web4lib <web4lib at webjunction.org>, css <css-d at lists.css-discuss.org>
> >
> >Colleagues:
> >
> >  Does anybody have recommendations for a good book and/or websites
> >for beginning php?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
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