RE: [PHP] good PHP book(s)

Hi All As this question pops up every now and again on the list, how about having some sort of rating system on the books section of the php website. That way visitors can see which books users rate. There could also be some sort of comment system like on Amazon which is where I normally look for comments and reviews. Just a thought. Anyone else have any ideas about this M@ > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Kirk [mailto:tkirk@cablespeed.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 05:43 > To: php-general@lists.php.net; r a n d y > Subject: Re: [PHP] good PHP book(s) > > > I second and/or third this! Professional PHP Programming is a great book. > Very clean and a pretty easy read. There is a lot of info and > it's all easy > to understand. Another book I personally like is PHP Essentials. A much > smaller book (in page numbers), but it's proven itself to be very > useful. I > would highly recommend both books to anyone. > > That's my 2 cents. > > Tony Kirk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "r a n d y" <iduh_2000@yahoo.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:27 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP] good PHP book(s) > > > > ditto...I have the same book and it's just dandy. You can also get all > the > > code that's in the book from http://www.wrox.com > > Highly recommended here too > > > > randy > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.randys.org > > > > Free MAVICA or $500 ::: referer = iduh_2000@yahoo.com > > http://gurusoftinc.com/gift/ > > > > For-pay Internet distributed processing. > > http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=11087 > > > > > > > From: webshot@neoncowboy.com ("John Corry") > > > Newsgroups: php.general > > > Date: 21 Aug 2000 18:53:15 -0700 > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] good PHP book(s) > > > > > >> Can anyone recommend me some good PHP books? > > >> > > >> ---Sonia > > > > > > I'm a newbie... > > > > > > I got 'Core PHP Programming' by Leon Atkinson awhile back, it > was a good > > > start, but not exactly what I was looking for. I love having all the > sample > > > code on the CD, but he doesn't really do a good enough job of > explaining > the > > > functions and why he writes something one way instead of another. > > > > > > So...I recently bought 'Professional PHP Programmng' by Jesus > Castagnetto > > > and 4 other geeks. This is the book to get. They explain everything > they're > > > doing pretty well, and each chapter/concept has sample code that you > write > > > and add to as a course of practical study. The chapters on > installation, > > > configuration and interfacing with MySQL have proven invaluable...I > highly > > > reccommend it. > > > > > > John Corry > > > Neon Cowboy Design > > > http://www.neoncowboy.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >