Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 02:54:45PM -0500, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Kirk Bailey wrote: > >If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? > > > I have to disagree with the php.net 'docs' being the best "book". > > Though most of us will have a php.net tab open in your browser every > time we write code, it's not the same learning that comes with a > good book IMO. Reading a book can give a more robust understanding > to a language, perhaps especially when starting out. You get to > listen in on the author's perceptions of tools, theories of > practice, etc.. which can help with concepts, reasoning, and > understanding etc.. > > Perhaps you start to get a similar type of learning with a good talk > list combined with php.net however... perhaps with a bit of spam. > ;-) > > Anyway, someone mentioned Larry Ullman's books and I'd have to > second that suggestion. I agree regarding php.net. php.net is a great resource for function references. It is less of a great resource for basic language elements and such, mainly because of the way it's indexed. It's much harder to find a full explanation of something like "heredocs" on the site than an explanation of, say the "date()" function. However, if you're trying to learn the language, a book is a better companion than php.net. I'd recommend the O'Reilly book "Programming PHP" by Lerdorf, Tatroe & MacIntyre. Before I discovered php.net, it was my bible (not the one Tedd referred to). Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? I have to disagree with the php.net 'docs' being the best "book". Though most of us will have a php.net tab open in your browser every time we write code, it's not the same learning that comes with a good book IMO. Reading a book can give a more robust understanding to a language, perhaps especially when starting out. You get to listen in on the author's perceptions of tools, theories of practice, etc.. which can help with concepts, reasoning, and understanding etc.. Perhaps you start to get a similar type of learning with a good talk list combined with php.net however... perhaps with a bit of spam. ;-) Anyway, someone mentioned Larry Ullman's books and I'd have to second that suggestion. Donovan -- D Brooke -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Ranges for case statement and a WTF moment.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Richard Quadling wrote:
> And all this is shown when you ...
>
> php -r "print_r(array_map(function(&$token){if(is_array($token)){$token[0]
> = token_name($token[0]);} return $token;},token_get_all(' 10...19;')));"
>
Woah, that's a very nifty trick! I like PHP more and more each day . . . I
can *almost* overlook the $ now. :p
David
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Marc Guay wrote: > session_start(); // Genesis > > // do stuff > > session_destroy(); // Revelation Now THAT'S clever! =:) I'm half way though "Beginning PHP 5.3" by Matt Doyle and I like it a lot. Very readable, and up-to-date. Marc -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
introduction 2 PHP and MySql,Larry ullman
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 00:15 -0400, Kirk Bailey wrote: > If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? > > -- > end > > Very Truly yours, > - Kirk Bailey, > Largo Florida > > kniht >+-+ >| BOX | >+-+ > think > > The best answer I can think to your question is: "It depends". That said, can I suggest "PHP in Action" by Reiersol, Baker and Shiflett I believe it covers a good variety of topics. http://books.google.com/books?id=8TnUOQAACAAJ&dq=PHP+in +action&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=6cmdTY7eD8Gk8QOyufm2BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
session_start(); // genesis // do stuff session_destroy(); // revelation -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
[snip] I've reliably informed that many people believe the bible covers such things as the beginning of the universe, the dawn of man and aliens, but PHP? That's a new one. [/snip] I think it is in the Psalms somewhere. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On 7 April 2011 14:41, tedd wrote: > At 12:15 AM -0400 4/7/11, Kirk Bailey wrote: >> >> If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? >> > > The Bible. I've reliably informed that many people believe the bible covers such things as the beginning of the universe, the dawn of man and aliens, but PHP? That's a new one. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On 7 April 2011 13:51, Andy McKenzie wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey wrote: >> If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? >> >> -- >> end >> >> Very Truly yours, >> - Kirk Bailey, >> Largo Florida >> > > My most common reference is, as other people have said, www.php.net. > But when I reach for a paper book for some reason, it's usually > because I can't remember something really basic, and I reach for > Beginning PHP4 from WROX press. It's out of date, but the concepts > are still right, and the basic stuff still works the same way. I > haven't bought the newer Beginning PHP5 yet, but if I were going to > buy just one, it would probably be that. > > -Alex > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > If you are on Windows or have a CHM viewer, then the offline manuals available from http://www.php.net/download-docs.php are as good as a book as it gets. There is a version of PhD ready to roll which produces the CHM files with the user notes embedded, so you can get the whole kablooey in 1 go. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
At 12:15 AM -0400 4/7/11, Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? The Bible. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey wrote: > If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? > > -- > end > > Very Truly yours, > - Kirk Bailey, > Largo Florida > My most common reference is, as other people have said, www.php.net. But when I reach for a paper book for some reason, it's usually because I can't remember something really basic, and I reach for Beginning PHP4 from WROX press. It's out of date, but the concepts are still right, and the basic stuff still works the same way. I haven't bought the newer Beginning PHP5 yet, but if I were going to buy just one, it would probably be that. -Alex -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
Hello Kirk, Php manual from php.net :-). -- With best regards from Ukraine, Andre Skype: Francophile My blog: http://oire.org/menelion (mostly in Russian) Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion Original message From: Kirk Bailey To: PHP General Date created: , 7:15:40 AM Subject: [PHP] the best 1 book for php If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+ | BOX | +-+ think -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Ranges for case statement and a WTF moment.
And all this is shown when you ...
php -r "print_r(array_map(function(&$token){if(is_array($token)){$token[0]
= token_name($token[0]);} return $token;},token_get_all(' Array
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[0] => T_OPEN_TAG
[1] => 1
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => T_ECHO
[1] => echo
[2] => 1
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[2] => Array
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[0] => T_WHITESPACE
[1] =>
[2] => 1
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[3] => Array
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[0] => T_DNUMBER
[1] => 10.
[2] => 1
)
[4] => .
[5] => Array
(
[0] => T_DNUMBER
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[2] => 1
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[6] => ;
)
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RE: [PHP] Ranges for case statement and a WTF moment.
> -Original Message- > From: David Harkness [mailto:davi...@highgearmedia.com] > Sent: 06 April 2011 21:08 > To: Richard Quadling; PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Ranges for case statement and a WTF moment. > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Richard Quadling > wrote: > [...] > > 10...19 > > > > What I'm not sure is why the middle empty string is output as 0. > > > > "10" . . ".19" becomes "10" . "0" . ".19" which becomes "100.19" > > > > My guess is that PHP parses this as > > 10 19 > > Because the dot operator requires strings, PHP converts both numbers > to > strings as > > '10' '0.19' > > which becomes your > > 100.19 > > You can see this with > > php > echo (string) 10. > 10 > php > echo (string) .19 > 0.19 Oh, excellent deduction! I must admit, my first instinct was also that both numbers should absorb a dot if one of them did, but failed to realise that .19 would be coerced to "0.19". Just shows how you really have to think things through, sometimes! Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507 City Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom Email: m.f...@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php
On 7 April 2011 05:15, Kirk Bailey wrote: > If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? I wouldn't. Not a book JUST on PHP. The book which I'm actually enjoying the most is "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell. It is subtitled "A Practical Handbook of Software Construction". I am a self taught developer. As such, I missed out on a lot of the "best practise" methodologies that have been proven to assist in helping a developer play well with others. The book covers no particular language, but gives you an understanding on how to write software. A second edition is now available - http://www.cc2e.com / http://onlinepriceguide.co.uk/v2/book_comparison.php?code=0735619670&title=Code+Complete&author=Steven+C+McConnell (for a UK price comparison list). Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Ranges for case statement and a WTF moment.
On 6 April 2011 21:08, David Harkness wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Richard Quadling > wrote: >> >> php -r "var_dump(10...19);" >> >> Interesting output ... >> >> string(6) "100.19" >> >> And that took me a little while to work out. >> >> It's all to do with PHP's type juggling. >> >> 10...19 >> >> What I'm not sure is why the middle empty string is output as 0. >> >> "10" . . ".19" becomes "10" . "0" . ".19" which becomes "100.19" > > My guess is that PHP parses this as > 10 19 > Because the dot operator requires strings, PHP converts both numbers to > strings as > '10' '0.19' > which becomes your > 100.19 > You can see this with > php > echo (string) 10. > 10 > php > echo (string) .19 > 0.19 > David > Aha! Yes. That makes a LOT more sense. Excellent deduction. So. Not a bug at all. Just a really weird sequence. And obviously, spaces and more dots can't work. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
