PHP Book for programmer

[Mac Player]

Hi, what is the best book to start coding some php for a programmer that already knows C, Ruby, Python and Java?

TIA

 

[macsrules]

Mac Player

I am not sure this is exactly what you are looking for but this is what I use. Works really good for finding answers to PHP questions about code.

1. PHPfi - http://www.artissoftware.com/phpfi/ This is a great resource tool.

As far as learning PHP, this is the best resource I have found so far.


2. The guy that teaches this class is really bright - http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=435

Hope this helps.

 

[Darran]

I have actually purchased 2 of Larry Ullman's books to help me with PHP, according to many, he is highly recommended. Spent about 64 USD on his books from Amazon.

 

[kriskkalu]

Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL - By Kevin Yank

Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL - By Kevin Yank
is a really great book. It's now in it's 3rd edition.

I built this dating site from reading his book.

Visit sitepoint.com for more info about the book.

Good luck.

Kris.

 

[Mac Player]

Thanks everyone. I already read the php tutorials from the wc3 schools and I found out php to be quite horrid (had some contact with rails before). Anyway I saw this framework which allows me to map URLs to functions inside a php file. The fact is I don't really understand how that magic works that's why I want to learn php more deeply before using it.

 

[alembic]

Development Tools

I built this dating site from reading his book.

Hi Kris, your site is like what I've been wanting to create as well, a fun way to explore web development on the LAMP platform (in contrast my office projects are all ASP.NET). What development tools are you using, in particular the IDE? Thanks.