Good PHP Books

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Hi, I've been doing AM for about 6 months and I really need to learn PHP. I picked up PHP for Dummies, but it seems a little too basic. I know HTML and I'm looking for a good book to get started with PHP. Any recommendations? I'm mostly looking for scripts for automation.
 


i started with php5 for dummies and php & mysql for dummies and didnt really get it.
then a good blackhat seo friend turned me on to Zend PHP 101 and it finally all made sense. i'd also read the webbots book mentioned above if you want to do any web automation, build bots, errr do the fun stuff lol, its a great book which i own and use for reference all the time.
 
You're better off learning from trial and error. Host all kinds of different PHP code on your server, see why some fails, look at diff setups, and relative databases. Try it all out man, it works out better this way than reading some book.
 
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You're better off learning from trial and error. Host all kinds of different PHP code on your server, see why some fails, look at diff setups, and relative databases. Try it all out man, it works out better this way than reading some book.
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Yep.
I was gonna say that books can be a great resource, but keep in mind that very little of what you learn will come from books. The time you spend reading the best PHP book available* will be wasted, if you don't spend an order of magnitude longer practising employing the techniques.

* I don't know what the best PHP book available is. Or really any good ones. The only programming book I've ever actually liked was one I read for a high level design course in college -- Design Patterns. I still hardly use anything I read in it, but it helped me to start thinking about software design as employing common logic patterns on common problems in disguise.
 
Code Complete is a great general programming book, can't recommend it enough.

For PHP specifically, one of the books that really benefitted the way I program is PHP In Action.
 
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You're better off learning from trial and error. Host all kinds of different PHP code on your server, see why some fails, look at diff setups, and relative databases. Try it all out man, it works out better this way than reading some book.
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I agree. I was just looking for a reference book I can refer to as to do trial and error. I need to get a book with some codes to get me started for some of the 'fun stuff' that was mentioned earlier.
 
php is best learned by writing code and doing things with it. you could start learning real basic stuff with php for dummies or something similar. then get a book that'll help you when you get stuck on something.
 
With PHP your best bet is to get one of those "Learn PHP in 10 minutes" books because you can use it as a reference. It is helpful but at the same time, there's really not a lot to read because PHP is fairly basic.
 
I know only basic php which I learned from tutorials around the net and from the library. Yes the library wow haven't been there for over 14 months maybe I should.

Anyway just try and find some tutorials and if you get stuck then google and if your really stuck then post the question.

I hated it when ever I posted a question I got flamed for not serching deeper in google.
 
I've been looking for some solid PHP resources because I've got some tools I'd like to program and keep to myself. Always have ideas but never the time to do them myself..thats why I pay people to do it for me :P
 
I learned php from a book called Php in a Nutshell from O'reilly. It is more of a reference book rather than a tutorial.
 
Screw books, just do it. Start by modifying and piecing together other peoples scripts, trying to understand the code and then just set out to build something and don't stop until you have it working.
 
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