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Offline Arnold_26

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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #30 on: November 25, 2006, 03:59:39 AM »
I'm using PHP and MySQL Web Development 3rd edition.

By Luke Welling and Laura Thomson
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #31 on: November 26, 2006, 08:43:48 AM »
Am new to PHP and i decided to order a book as i knew VERY little about PHP and i mean very little, I looked at a number of books and i decided and ordered.

Beginning PHP and MySQL 5 - From Novice to Professional. (second edition) by W. Jason Gilmore

And i have learnt alot so far and am only on page 61 out of nearly 1000.
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2006, 12:01:09 AM »
Flowdy I have that book and I think its great.  I was actually able to understand the OOP concept a bit more.  I can't seem to get OOP still :(
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #33 on: February 07, 2007, 05:01:17 PM »
http://safari.oreilly.com/

I just wanted to throw that out there.  Every single book that is mentioned in this post is fully accessible on that site.  If you pay for unlimited access, you can keep note's, bookmark's, save books in the bookshelves, get tokens monthly for downloading chapters. 

I use to buy hardback cover's of everything, however when I got htis (it actually has every oriely book created, plus one's from many other developers.  Every language, every skill, pretty much any topic related to technology or any book about technology.  All at one place, this is where I spend all my extra "study" time.  Reading book after book here, or downloading chapters for my laptop to study in my spare time.

Just advice for those looking for books.
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #34 on: February 16, 2007, 01:33:06 PM »
Not exactly PHP but I think "MySQL Cookbook" is great to have on the shelf.
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #35 on: February 19, 2007, 01:01:40 PM »
I know it was posted a while ago, but I got the PHP Black Book, and it is ok, but not great.  There is a lot of editorializing.  It was pretty good, but it doesn't seem like it is very comprehensive. 

There are topics as simple as radio buttons and checkboxes and text boxes that hardly get any pages.  Maybe I need something a lot more basic, because it says it is for "intermediate to advanced" users.  But it seems like there should be more about those simple topics. 

I got it at Half Price books for about $7, so it was well worth it for me, because I have used it as a reference guide for several things.  But I am definately going to look into getting a different book.
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2007, 01:18:29 AM »
I started out with Sams PHP MySQL Apache All in One. It was okay for the very basics. I have tried several more over the years. Core Web Application Development With PHP and MySQL and Web Database Application with PHP and MySQL (both are not good IMO). Programming PHP seems to best cover the basics. Learning PHP 5 is good but is more of a cookbook.

My favorites are both from Wrox. PHP5, Apache, MYSQL Web Development for the basics and Professional PHP5 for the OOP.

Other good ones are PHP in a Nutshell and PHP Cookbook. Both from Oreilly. Web Database Application with PHP and MySQL is one of the few Oreilly books I haven't liked and I have many.
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #37 on: August 17, 2007, 05:10:47 AM »
Quote from: theverychap on May 12, 2005, 04:58:58 AM
stay away from the 'visual quickstart guides' (peachpit press) - it seems they write books a few years behind everyone else!
Dang Mine is Visual Quickstart Guide :/
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #38 on: August 17, 2007, 11:30:19 AM »
I've got the book

Sams teach you PHP 4 and Mysql in 24 hours


Just looking at it looks great, teaches you everything... well not everything...
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #39 on: August 17, 2007, 07:31:35 PM »
Quote from: dustinnoe on February 16, 2007, 01:33:06 PM
Not exactly PHP but I think "MySQL Cookbook" is great to have on the shelf.

Worse book in the world. Has nothing to do with php what so ever. It has everything but the things you will use.

PHP and Mysql by Example

is a good book!
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Re: Good PHP Books
« Reply #40 on: September 02, 2007, 07:39:45 PM »
Learn PHP, MySQL and Apache all in one Version 3
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Re: Good Programming and Web Design Books
« Reply #41 on: September 22, 2007, 04:43:11 PM »
Does anyone know of any real good web design books?  I am very solid in functional/OO programming with PHP/MySQL/Javascript but need some big help in web design, not just CSS but the whole design process too.
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Re: Good Programming and Web Design Books
« Reply #42 on: January 26, 2008, 07:13:12 PM »
I would love to know some flash books for beginners if anyone can recomend some very good ones It would be appreciated
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Re: Good Programming and Web Design Books
« Reply #43 on: February 07, 2008, 07:11:01 PM »
Quote from: Liquid Fire on September 22, 2007, 04:43:11 PM
Does anyone know of any real good web design books?  I am very solid in functional/OO programming with PHP/MySQL/Javascript but need some big help in web design, not just CSS but the whole design process too.

Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
by Steve Krug.

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com is a series of tutorials covering the whole web design process from planning and scope to the final touches with JavaScript & DHTML.
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Re: Good Programming and Web Design Books
« Reply #44 on: February 07, 2008, 07:18:30 PM »
Quote from: saim82 on January 26, 2008, 07:13:12 PM
I would love to know some flash books for beginners if anyone can recomend some very good ones It would be appreciated

I recommend going through the tutorials that come with Flash to get you started then moving on to something like O'Reilly Essential ActionScript 3.0 (or an older version if you want to do AS2.0).  The O'Reilly books are best for AS because the are written in partnership with Adobe.
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