Re: Want a Good Book for Ref on PHP

Christian Reiniger schrieb: > > On Monday 16 April 2001 08:23, you wrote: > > Personally, I never even bought a PHP book. I learned from the web > > only...hehe. > > Same here. > Well, actually I *did* buy a book - "Core PHP programming". I started > reading it, saw that it basically only covers (a) introductory > programming in general (what is a 'while' loop?) and (b) a PHP3 function > reference (copied from the online manual), and I immediately went back to > the web resources. > > That doesn't mean you shouldn't buy any book - the cookbook for example > certainly is very useful both as starter (giving examples) and later on > (giving more complex examples :). Hmm, although Sterlings book is cool, german readers can save the money an check the german FAQ on http://www.koehntopp.de/php. It covers most of Sterlings book except the PHP core hacking. The advanced book I like best is "Web application development with PHP 4.0" written by Till&Tobel. Don't expect a PHP only book, the authors did very well not to copy the online reference or the usual tutorials. Till&Tobel wrote a book for those that have a solid basic programming knowledge but lack some more advanced skills like API design or certain web development strategies (CVS, staging server, development process, ...). Ulf -- Neu: PEAR Menu 3 - Navigationsstrukturen dynamisch dargestellt http://www.ulf-wendel.de/projekte/menu/tutorial.php | http://www.phpdoc.de