I've invested quite heavily in php books, the 2 most useful by a long way are: 1) Programming PHP, O'Reilly, Rasmus Lerdorf & Kevin Tatroe - a truly superb book; its concise, well written and just seems to hit the mark. A must for any aspiring php programmer! 2) PHP Functions, Essential Reference, New Riders; as it says on the tin - its a php function reference. Ok, one can use the php manual and I even believe that this book is online, but it doesn't beat, in my view, having the thing on the desk next to you As well being convenient the functions are particularly well explained with descent examples (from which I've borrowed heavily towards my own code)
2 honourable mentions: 1) Web Database Applications with Php and MySQL, O'Reilly - some good insights and a great coverage of sessions; however is a tad verbose and I am not too hot on the case study presented throughout the book. Well worth buying though. 2) Web Application Development with PHP 4.0; this is an interesting read though is not so good if you are just starting out due to its advanced nature; it also shows its age in places Happy reading!! David Eisenhart. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
