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[The Interrobanger]

I'm looking to further develop my web design/development skills so I've decided to take on the beast known as PHP. What book(s) do you reccomend for someone like me? I have some minor experience with C++ and VB, as well as a good knowlege of HTML and a bit of Actionscript, so different kinds of code are not completely foreign to me.

Any suggestions would be appreciated...thanks.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Pretty much anything published by O'Reilly on the subject is good. I love their books.

I have one called "Programming PHP" by Lerdorf and Tatroe right next to me at this very moment. Its a good book. Its easy to follow and the examples make sense.

 

[APF]

I found the PHP manual to be pretty useful...

 

[Nerevar]

PHP is one of the few languages you can teach yourself with free internet resources. I don't know how good the books are, but the "official" stuff on the web is top notch.

 

[borghe]

the internet manual linked to above is all you really need (provide you have at least basic comprehension of sequential based programming languages. BASIC will do really.)

 

[The Interrobanger]

Great guys, thanks.

I briefly checked out the PHP Manual and it looks like exactly what I'll be needing.

 

[pxleyes]

I've always tried to put the definition of php in one sentence and I cant find a definition that does that.

Can anyone sum up the purpose and most common use of php in one or two sentences?

 

[God's Hand]

PHP Manual is all you need. Buying a book would be ridiculous. Unless it has to do with PHP/MySQL.

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From Wikipedia:

PHP is a popular open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications and dynamic web content, and more recently, other software.

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PHP is most popular with forum software and site backends.