Learning PHP

by Terrence Taitt

Posted: 13 years ago 10 replies

PROGRAMMING

Hi everyone,

Do any of you know of a very comprehensive book for learning PHP coding you could recommend to me?

Thanks, I really Appeciate your help

Terry Taitt

#learning #php

Sergiu FUNIERU 13 years ago

I learned PHP using this book:
Amazon.com: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd... (not an affiliate link)

The book is easy to read, filled with practical examples. If you understand half of it, you'll know enough PHP for lifetime.

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- Terrence Taitt 13 years ago
  
  Are you sure this is a good book?
  
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  Sergiu FUNIERU 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Terrence Taitt
  
  Are you sure this is a good book?
  
  I'm positive , because it made me understand PHP. I own a copy of it and I learned PHP by reading it. I tried to learn PHP reading other books, but there were a lot of aspects there were not covered properly in those books. I own about another 20 PHP books.
  
  I love this book because the information is introduced gradually and examples are useful in the real applications.
  
  I'm not saying is the single PHP book you should read. But, if I had to start over learning PHP, I'd start with it.
  
  By the way, I suggest you reading this, if you are starting to learn a new programming language:
  http://www.warriorforum.com/blogs/se...ilestones.html
  
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  webfighter 13 years ago
  
  I learned my PHP below:
  
  PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner
  
  The tutorials above are awesome with various "lively" examples.
  
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John A Goodwin 13 years ago

w3schools.com is a free website with many php tutorials.

John
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- Terrence Taitt 13 years ago
  
  I prefer a book, John. Do you have recommendations for a PHP book you have used to learn PHP programming?
  
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dtang4 13 years ago

The first tutorial I ever read for PHP and MySQL were from Webmonkey - The Web Developer's Resource*| Wired.com.

After you learn the basics, I recommend PHP Freaks - PHP Help Index and Icemelon -- PHP, CSS, Javascript Tutorials, & More!. These have very specific tutorials, e.g. building rating systems, social networks, pattern matching/expressions, image manipulation, etc.
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- Tashi Mortier 13 years ago
  
  I wanted to recommend you a book on PHP but then I noticed that all of mine are pretty outdated.
  
  I recommend that you do a search on Amazon and don't buy a book that's older than 6 months to a year. Look at the reviews of other customers that way you'll know which book is decent.
  
  For example, those two look quite good:
  
  Amazon.com: PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart...
  Amazon.com: PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design...
  
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fazlerocks 13 years ago

I prefer W3Schools Online Web Tutorials, Tizag Tutorials, Web Makers Zone | Making your web experiences beautiful….
These are some i regularly follow.
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