Php courses/books suggestions

[JoseArmando]

Since there's thousands of resources I don't really know what might be a good formal way to learn php.

I already have some basic understanding and have coded fairly simple bits and pieces but I want to get high level programming knowledge so that I'll be able to create complex web applications.

Any suggestions? Basically I'd need something that's for a total beginner and which guides you slowly through the learning process with a lot of examples.

 

[eziolan]

Here's the best courses I know:
PHP | Think Vitamin

But it's a pay site, if you want some free stuff look at this:
PHP Tutorial


Ezio

 

[robognome]

The o'reilly books on programming are usually good.

Most people coming from other languages just dive and an figure it out as they go.

Need to write a function? What's the syntax for defining a function. Hmmm goto php.net and do a search. Ah!! I see.

Implementing a pet project in php will get you pretty far in understand how to code php that way.

 

[dchuk]

I post this so much I wish it was a sticky: Updated: Who Needs University? The Best Nettuts+ Screencast Training Courses | Nettuts+

 

[lschmidt]

I post this so much I wish it was a sticky: Updated: Who Needs University? The Best Nettuts+ Screencast Training Courses | Nettuts+

nice +rep dude

 

[Rexibit]

Excellent Youtube PHP Tutorials from TheNewBoston

My Favorite PHP & MySQL Book (Seriously, worth buying). You might also pickup the PHP Anthology book, lots of neat solutions to problems in it.

 

[threehundred]

I post this so much I wish it was a sticky: Updated: Who Needs University? The Best Nettuts+ Screencast Training Courses | Nettuts+

My Favorite PHP & MySQL Book (Seriously, worth buying).

My vote for both of these. The Sitepoint book is an excellent starter which explains php and mysql and how they work together . You can download the first four chapters for free right now from the link above (I'd recommend doing that now).

 

[johnhodges80]

O'reilly books on programming languages, try this. you can study php very simple with this book.

 

[-God-]

My Favorite PHP & MySQL Book (Seriously, worth buying). You might also pickup the PHP Anthology book, lots of neat solutions to problems in it.

+1

I vote for this. This is my favourite PHP/MySQL book and is what I learned from.