Has anyone read "Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL" by Marc Wandschneider (Sep/05) ?
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Am currently reading this book, so far it is beyond brilliant - NOT for beginners - Only previous programmers. For some what experienced PHP programmers it is said (and appears) to focus on OOP, Security and Application Development Theory.
what about free books online for php and mysql? where i can find them if there is any of it....
I did a quick search on the thread and didn't find any mention, so I'll ask and hope someone has it: what's the general opinion (if any) on "Agile Web Development with Rails"?
A lot of job postings that I've been looking at would prefer a combination of PHP, MySQL, and Ruby on Rails experience. Since every site/person/reviewer raves about how easy RoR is to use, I'm guessing all I'll really need is one good book and some time.
Can anyone recommend a good PHP/XML book?
I have one called XML and PHP by the New Riders, author Vikram Vaswani - haven't read it yet... so I don't know if it is good or not although it says you should have an understanding of both XML and PHP before reading this book.
Chapter 1 - XML and PHP Basics
Chapter 2 - PHP and the SImple API for XML (SAX)
Chapter 3 - PHP and the Document Object Model (DOM)
Chapter 4 - PHP and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
Chapter 5 - PHP and Web Distributed Data eXchange (WDDX)
Chapter 6 - PHP and XML-Based Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
Chapter 7 - PHP, XML and Databases
Chapter 8 - Open Source PHP/XML Alternatives
Chapter 9 - Case Studies
300+ pages
Pretty sure sitepoint have a PHP/XML book too.
That sounds like a really useful book. I've got the O'Reilley book XML in a Nutshell, which is good at explaining the most commonly used XML based technologies but isn't very helpful in actually using them in a PHP application. There are a few notable points it seems to be lacking. SOAP (although that may be covered in the chapter on RPC), XPath, DTDs and Schemas (although these last two may be covered in the basics).
foottuns wrote:what about free books online for php and mysql? where i can find them if there is any of it....
Here's one, Although I'm not good enough at PHP to tell you anything about it yet:
It is kind of interesting that no one replied to this topic since 2006, and it is still sticky up there at the top.
Anyway, I believe it is about time to refresh this topic and give it a new life...
I was wondering if anybody out there could please provide advice on how to go from being a beginner to becoming an advanced php programmer using only books and material that is available online.
I am a beginner in PHP, and I want to become a PHP 
superhero. Please help me to accomplish my goals. I really appreciate it since I really respect all the great community out here, with all of the knowledgeable people willing to help each other.
P.S. I got the following books.
Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development - Wrox, written by the guys on this site
PHP and MySQL: Create - Modify - Reuse - - Wrox publishing - Author: Timothy Boronczyk
PHP5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra.
Hi guys,
NogDog mentioned "PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice", by Matt Zandstra. That is indeed a fantastic book, although if you're looking for it be sure to specify the second edition, which released last year. I actually had the pleasure of editing that book during my stit as Apress' open source editor, it is IMO one of the best PHP books out there.
wjgilmore;10918025 wrote:Hi guys,
NogDog mentioned "PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice", by Matt Zandstra. That is indeed a fantastic book, although if you're looking for it be sure to specify the second edition, which released last year. I actually had the pleasure of editing that book during my stit as Apress' open source editor, it is IMO one of the best PHP books out there.
Thanks for your reply.
Do you believe that this book is suited for a beginner? (Like someone who just finished reading "Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development" by Wrox, if you are familiar with that book).
Thanks.
Hi,
Yes I'd recommend purchasing it, as the object-oriented material in the first part of the book in particular will be invaluable. While one could certainly get by coding in PHP without using an object-oriented approach, ultimately you're going to be far better off having the knowledge because solutions such as the Zend Framework are object-oriented. Incidentally if you don't want the print version, you can buy a PDF at www.apress.com.
Hope this helps!
Thanks so much my friend.
I really appreciate your help.
I'm going to get a hold of that book.
I've been perusing this thread to find recommended PHP books, and I've got a few noted down for possible purchase, but there seems to be one category that hasn't been mentioned yet - security.
What books are recommended for learning methods to secure a PHP script against misuse?
jshl;10921604 wrote:I've been perusing this thread to find recommended PHP books, and I've got a few noted down for possible purchase, but there seems to be one category that hasn't been mentioned yet - security.
What books are recommended for learning methods to secure a PHP script against misuse?
Essential PHP Security by Chris Shiflett
So I have to say after picking up the Beginning PHP6,Apache, MySQL web development, i finally understand how all of this works together.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone with a little bit of programming knowledge.
jwagner;10917803 wrote:It is kind of interesting that no one replied to this topic since 2006, and it is still sticky up there at the top.
Anyway, I believe it is about time to refresh this topic and give it a new life...
I was wondering if anybody out there could please provide advice on how to go from being a beginner to becoming an advanced php programmer using only books and material that is available online.
I am a beginner in PHP, and I want to become a PHP
P.S. I got the following books.
Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development - Wrox, written by the guys on this site
PHP and MySQL: Create - Modify - Reuse - - Wrox publishing - Author: Timothy Boronczyk
I picked up these two books myself and after reading through half of the first one, started getting a grasp on what the heck im doing... though i still run into some problems, which this community has graciously helped me through
Chistmas is coming up, and I never really want anything, so I thought I'd just as well get some feedback and see if'd actually manage to make a wish list with one or two things for once.
So does anyone has some "must haves" that has any relation at all to PHP. I.e. either specifically for PHP or anything commonly used in combination with PHP, such as SQL, WSDL, security etc, or any books on useful generic stuff such as design principles, natural language text search or whatever.
And a little note on why would be nice as well.
Also, thoughts on Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, if anyone's read it?
Or perhaps something on web development with Java. It's been several years since I last coded java, but I'm in no need of a complete newbie approach to the subject.
johanafm wrote:Also, thoughts on Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, if anyone's read it?
I certainly find Martin Fowler's books to be readable and applicable; good reference material.
I guess the two PHP books I've gotten the most use out of are PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Zandstra, and Essential PHP Security by Schiflett.
