RE: [PHP] Good Reads

At the risk of appearing immodest (a risk I am willing to accept<g>), I think my current book project, PHP4 FOR DUMMIES (out this summer) will prove helpful in learning PHP. --Ralph Roberts > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hill [mailto:ahill@openlinksw.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 11:31 AM > To: Larry Jaques; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Good Reads > > > Hi, > > I worked as a reviewer on the recently release Wrox book, Beginning PHP > Programming. It's has exceptionally clear examples, and covers all the > bases. Most of the authors have great writing styles too, and the only > exception occurs towards the end of the book where the examples get very > in-depth. If you've done half the chapters before that, you > won't have any > problems. > > Best regards, > Andrew > > > On 1/27/01 10:21 AM, "Larry Jaques" <ljaques@diversify.com> wrote: > > > At 12:17 AM 1/19/01 -0500, you wrote: > >> Does anyone have any suggestions on a good book for beginners. > I currently > >> own "PHP3 Programming Browser-Based Applications" by David > Medinets. I have > >> no regrets thus far on purchasing the book but it seems to > leave a lot out > >> and his examples are somewhat... skewed. > >> > >> Cheers > > > > I haven't taken any classes on programming, so I was a rank > amateur last July. > > I've hand-coded HTML since 1995, but this is my first real language. > > > > Julie Meloni's "PHP Essentials" got me up and running so I > could complete > > two sites with MySQL database connection. > > > > Folks from this list and Leon Atkinson's "Core PHP Programming" > are getting > > me through the next site, which is strictly PHP/HTML and tracks > 350+ variables > > over 8 (4 in, 4 out) pages. After a 15 minute study between the two at a > > book store, > > I preferred this book over "Professional PHP Programming" > because of the many > > examples cited in the book (and listings on the CD) and the > author's easy > > style. > > > > I have only 700 more pages to go, too! ;) > > > > - > > Larry Jaques, President 1.760.941.8868 > > DIVERSIFY! Communications Vista, CA USA > > 1991 - Celebrating Our 10th Year in Business - 2001 > > Comprehensive Website Development http://diversify.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 >