macOS Php

O'Reilly's books are normally very good. I've browsed a bit in Learning PHP 5, and that seems up to normal O'Reilly standard.

But, a couple of follow up questions:
- Are you going to use PHP 4 or 5?
- Are you a complete beginner to web programming in general, or just PHP? (I.e. do you know HTML coding?)

I like the PHP/MySQL Bible. PHP in a Nutshell is decent, probably a second choice.

jestershinra said:

I like the PHP/MySQL Bible.

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Yes, I use the PHP Bible quite a lot myself. But I'm not sure that's the best for beginners, though, or...?

Almost forgot (it's so obvious to me ): php.net is the essential website...

Simple...

PHP and MySQL Web Development

kingjr3 said:

Simple...

PHP and MySQL Web Development

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That was published in 2001 and is woefully out of date.

I'd suggest O'Reilly's 'Web Development with PHP and MySQL' 2nd Edition if you want a book that leads you through development of some actual code rather than just a reference manual. IMHO http://www.php.net is enough for reference.

aegisdesign said:

That was published in 2001 and is woefully out of date.

I'd suggest O'Reilly's 'Web Development with PHP and MySQL' 2nd Edition if you want a book that leads you through development of some actual code rather than just a reference manual. IMHO http://www.php.net is enough for reference.

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My bad...bad link

I updated with the 3rd edition - same book

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...102-7124737-0957707?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

The online manual at php.net is very good as well.