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squishiful · Aug 22nd, 2005, 9:42 PM

I'm looking for some advanced PHP books. If you have any recomendations please tell me, thanx!

Dizzutch · Aug 22nd, 2005, 10:03 PM

I'm not sure if these are really available. I've personally never needed a PHP book. php.net has all the documentation I need to do anything. I'm not even sure what kind of things you're looking for in an advanced PHP book.
-Dizz

BlazingWolf · Aug 22nd, 2005, 10:46 PM

I just got Professional PHP. It's Advanced OOP and Project Mangament/Workflow stuff. Appearntly it has tons of typos from what I have read. I simply don't pay enoug attention to really notice it, and a lot of the example code doesn't work from what I've read.

That stuff doesn't really bother me because I would rewrite it anyway, and as I said I don't event notice the typos and grammitcal errors except for once but that was because they mixed of two words in explaining something.

Lich · Aug 22nd, 2005, 11:10 PM

PHP and MySQL Web Development is great, covers everything from beginning to end.

PHP Graphics handbook is also nice if you want to do simple image stuff or make full blown graphs

Pizentios · Aug 23rd, 2005, 9:57 AM

php.net is the way to go, you can learn anything about php from that site, or one of the sites that it has links too.

Most books you will find out there are ment for somebody just picking the language up. There are a few books out there that deal with more specific stuff. For example i have a book that is all about using Postgresql and php together to design e-comerce/dynamic sites.

Polyphemus_ · Aug 23rd, 2005, 10:39 AM

yep, php.net..

Lich · Aug 23rd, 2005, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pizentios

Most books you will find out there are ment for somebody just picking the language up. There are a few books out there that deal with more specific stuff. For example i have a book that is all about using Postgresql and php together to design e-comerce/dynamic sites.

Maybe i'm old fashoned, but I love a good programming book. I hate reading pages and pages of text off a screen, it's much nicer to read through a book that explains what you want to know in plain english so you can understand it, grasp the concept, then start programming. Books you can easily take anywhere and pick up anytime, much easier than a laptop. If you want just the nuts and bolts and like reading screen off a text, you can completely learn the language @ php.net, no doubt. But I don't reccomend it.

I do though use php.net for refrence, don't know what I'd do without it

BlazingWolf · Aug 24th, 2005, 6:19 PM

I'm with you Lich.

xavier · Aug 25th, 2005, 12:56 AM

PHP 5 Power Programming
http://www.phpclasses.org/

The book in the first link ... is, i think, advanced

Aug 22nd, 2005, 9:42 PM	#1
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Dizzutch Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 441 Rep Power: 4	I'm not sure if these are really available. I've personally never needed a PHP book. php.net has all the documentation I need to do anything. I'm not even sure what kind of things you're looking for in an advanced PHP book. -Dizz __________________ naked pictures of you \| PFO F@H stats

Aug 22nd, 2005, 10:46 PM	#3
BlazingWolf Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 207 Rep Power: 5	I just got Professional PHP. It's Advanced OOP and Project Mangament/Workflow stuff. Appearntly it has tons of typos from what I have read. I simply don't pay enoug attention to really notice it, and a lot of the example code doesn't work from what I've read. That stuff doesn't really bother me because I would rewrite it anyway, and as I said I don't event notice the typos and grammitcal errors except for once but that was because they mixed of two words in explaining something. __________________ _______________________________ BlazingWolf

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Lich Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Detroit Posts: 254 Rep Power: 4	PHP and MySQL Web Development is great, covers everything from beginning to end. PHP Graphics handbook is also nice if you want to do simple image stuff or make full blown graphs __________________ --John Cruz Web Developer www.cruzweb.net

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Pizentios Programming Guru Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 7	php.net is the way to go, you can learn anything about php from that site, or one of the sites that it has links too. Most books you will find out there are ment for somebody just picking the language up. There are a few books out there that deal with more specific stuff. For example i have a book that is all about using Postgresql and php together to design e-comerce/dynamic sites. __________________ Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

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Polyphemus_ Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 942 Rep Power: 4	yep, php.net..

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