Re: Want a Good Book for Ref on PHP

Woh, that book looks excellant. I think I may order it, actually. It is absolutely _hell_ to find a good advanced programming or internet technology book. If the book doesn't expect you to be a moron (how many morons are interested in the implementation of TCP/IP, anyway?), it expects you to be a complete wizard (which basically means the book is a 400 page reference manual). It's hard to find a book on computers that is for an advanced-but-not-perfect user. *orders* I'll give me review to the list once I get it :) -- Plutarck Should be working on something... ...but forgot what it was. "Ulf Wendel" <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote in message news:3ADB035E.2C740DD9@phpdoc.de... > > > 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 > > -- > 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 >