Re: PHP 4 - Book Recommendation

I got alot out of Julie Meloni's earlier book - PHP Essentials - She also has a website - http://www.thickbook.com which expands on topics in the books - source code from examples, original tutorials, and more links. J!M > >> Dear Friends, > >> > >> I need a book recommendation about "PHP 4" matter, as follows: > >> > >> PHP 4 Bible by Tim Converse and Joyce Park > >> Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 (with CD-ROM) by Tobias > >>Ratschiller, Till Gerken > >> SAMS Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- 24 Hours) > >>by Matt Zandstra > >> Php Fast & Easy Web Development by Julie C. Meloni > >> Sams Teach Yourself MySQL IN 21 Days (Teach Yourself -- 21 Days) > >>by Mark Maslakowski > > > >my 2c would be: > >I've been for some while on this list but hardly remember any of the author > >names listed above. > > Julie, Tobias and Till (at least) are well-known on this list. > > I'd suggest, in addition to visiting the books page listed below, > that you go to www.amazon.com and read the reviews of books there. > Note that Amazon lists for each book authors of related books, so > you can read about competing books as well. > > > > >I would go with somebody who is on this list, so you would eventually have the > >opportunity to talk with him/her directly about the book, and be sure it's > >from the PHP comunity (if you care about it). > > > >a good start would be http://www.php.net/books.php. > > > >-- teodor > > > -- > Paul DuBois, paul@snake.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 > >