Any Good PHP Books?

[eric996]

Hello,

I just started looking into learning how to program my site with php. I've checked out php.net and found the site very helpful.

My question is:

Are there any good books that cover the basics of php and also jump into some of the advanced stuff?

Thanks all in advance

Regards,
Eric McArdle

[MrBiscuits]

"PHP and MySQL web development" by Welling and Thomson (Amazon link = http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067232525X/qid=1079802320/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-4931429-9527023?v=glance&s=booksAmazon.
Unlike some of the other SAMS books I personally found this really helpful.
Just my view

[PurpleMonkey]

OK my advice is to get the book I've got propped up against my computer in front of me, "PHP in easy steps" its very good, starts with hello world and ends with a user login system, and only cost me £9.99 from PC World! You can probably get it from most online stores or from most good book shops. (and some bad ones too!!!)

[planetsim]

You should do a search this gets popped up quite a bit.

[eric996]

Yeah, I went out and did a few searches and have a few options in front of me.

Thanks for all of the suggestions