ckyshop.co.uk Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Just wondering what PHP / web design books you use or suggest, thank you. Thanks for any help/comments. Regards, Lewis Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥yesudo Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 PHP: PHP and MySQL web development - 2nd edition - Welling Thompson Google SQL: Sams teach yourself SQL in 24 hours - third edition Google Your online success is Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Thanks, Emmett. I'd been pondering that same question recently. I'm sure that there is no shortage of PHP nor MySQL books available . . . Do you prefer those over others you've used, or did they just seem to get better reviews from other folks? Just curious. -jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥yesudo Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Got them based on Amazon reviews. Although Sams I have used in the past and have not been disappointed. I use them more as reference guides than teaching aids - and they do the job - also searching the net for specific answers is another way to go - hence google. Your online success is Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Nothing beats the PHP online manual when wanting to know how a function works, what order the parameters are, and to see why something isn't working the right way (user comments). Simply enter the function name after the php url, for example: http://www.php.net/strpos , osCommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannuck1964 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Nothing beats the PHP online manual when wanting to know how a function works, what order the parameters are, and to see why something isn't working the right way (user comments). I use this all the time, It is rare I pick up a book anymore, since the online manual is kept up to date more then any book, and even comes with code examples to review the functionality :thumbsup: cheers, Peter M Peter McGrath ----------------------------- See my Profile (click here) for more information and to contact me for professional osCommerce support that includes SEO development, custom development and security implementation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 true, true, but I for one, have to have some sort of base knowledge before a reference guide is all I need. :) -jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueline Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I learned PHP by reading osC code. No joke. Before I started reading osC code I'd never seen PHP before in my life. Now, I'm writing huge custom applications in PHP (many that tie into osC over XML). I would definitely recommend this as a source to learn by. Chris Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I am no expert like Blueline, but I have learnt all my code from osc as well. I can't quite write code, but I can certainly decipher errors much more easily then before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Weisser Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 If you're interested in object oriented php and other advanced techniques I would recommend The PHP Anthology by Harry Fuecks. Harry uses e.g. PHP's Pear to solve problems which is an elegant way of programming PHP :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
developer_x Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 true, true, but I for one, have to have some sort of base knowledge before a reference guide is all I need. :) -jared <{POST_SNAPBACK}> umm i have read a couple of php 5 beginners' tutorials at www.zend.com. they r quite good. n hey visit the programming (or was it free programming resouces?) forum of www.ozzu.com some ppl have listed some very good resources for learning php. if u can't find them, pm me. i will try to find it out 4 ya. Irfan, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 http://php.net -> download the manual to save their bandwidth Google ...practice makes perfect :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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