Originally posted by piersk
Technically, PHP stands for (Personal Home Page) Hypertext Processor
I was going by what it says on the PHP home page - it's a backronym.
Okay, I just wanted an excuse to say "backronym".
PHP Books
Originally posted by cody44
...Oh, and not forgetting Elizabeth ( what a stunner..............worth buying the book just to see her)
LOL! Thanks cody, but I think we need to get you out a little more 
I picked up that book today! The one you guys wrote! I don't remember many of the names but definately remember 'BunkerMaster' :p in the beginning of the book!!
Well...I didn't technically pick it up / bought it I simply wandered in my local book store (and wandered and wandered and wandered) and headed straight for the 'Internet Programming' shelves of the upstairs department. The first one I picked up was this one!! I forget the name of it for the life of me but we all know what I'm talkin about.
I opened it up, sat myself down, looked at the time at 2:45 and read. I read and read. I closed the book, looked at the time at 5:15. Whoa!! A computer book that can do that must be worth every penny!
It made perfect sense! It even taught me a couple of things about the basics. One that is particularly memorable was the different way of storing information in a variable. Actually it was called a constant and I understood every word!
At one time I just assumed what functions, etc all ment until I had a flick through this book!
One thing that I hadn't been able to work out from the naff Internet tutorials is the way in which one uses the GET form method instead of the POST.
I haven't bought a book since I can remember.
goes to look at small bookshelf
My last book was a fishing book print date 1995 :eek:
Come pay day and this baby is all mine 
EDIT: One thing I didn't like about this book was the fact it had so many spelling typos even in the first chapter that I read. Must consider proof reading thoroughly before next edition.
Just slap goldbug. He was so busy playing around on IRC, he just ignored all the spelling errors 
Heh heh...
And what was it I read in the book about goldbug always whining about code efficiency?
Lol...
Originally posted by Davy
Heh heh...
And what was it I read in the book about goldbug always whining about code efficiency?
Lol...
I'd just leave off the "about code effeciency"--that'd be more accurate...and effecient
Originally posted by goldbug
I'd just leave off the "about code effeciency"--that'd be more accurate...and effecient
No, I'd agree about the code efficiency bit. Well badly written code anyway.
Originally posted by Davy
EDIT: One thing I didn't like about this book was the fact it had so many spelling typos even in the first chapter that I read. Must consider proof reading thoroughly before next edition.
The unfortunate thing about writing is that it goes through so many levels of edits and through so many people that what is finally printed is not always what the authors have written/seen. Take the $e-mail example... there is no way on God's green earth that any of us would have let that go through; in fact goldbug personally replaced each one of those that had been "auto-corrected"... but yet in the final edit/print- they were back to the $e-mail (as we all know $e-mail isn't a valid variable name, but in editing software, $email is a misspelled word, and so it was auto-corrected to $e-mail.)
So, anyway, you think you know what's going to come out in print, and lo and behold, you don't.
Ooh that sucks. Whose editing software was it? If it was something on an author's machine then shame on you!! I know there's ways (very simple in fact) that allow you to remove and add entries to the dictionaries.
If it was on Wrox's computers then whoa!! A publisher that prints computer books that not only messes the email spelling up but also a variable name so that it's invlid!! Eep... you should complain / write letter / kick someone's ass for that one!!
BTW: I would love to proof read any future editions and forward some input, etc
So cmon guys have you got a link to an online shop that gives you affiliate / author money return so that when I buy this book, I'm giving you guys some pocket money as well? :p
Or is that the same link that BunkerMaster supplied?
Originally posted by Davy
So cmon guys have you got a link to an online shop that gives you affiliate / author money return so that when I buy this book, I'm giving you guys some pocket money as well? :p
Just by buying the book should mean that they'll all get some kind of royalty
I found the book nice n cheap!!
Bookfellas.co.uk under £20 free p&p to UK!
But I've already got the Cook book and the PHP by O'Reilly issit really worth spending more money for this book as well?
Rather than copying the code from the book into php.........and as for the right "typos" in the book.............me being a novice will probably type in the wrong cone, is there anything online supporting the book whereby I can copy the code and then paste it into php.
21 days later
Originally posted by piersk
Just by buying the book should mean that they'll all get some kind of royalty
exactly...!!!
btw... i'm one of them
a month later
Title: Core PHP
Author: Leon Atkinson and Zeev Suraski (Yes one of the creators of PHP
What's is about:
Chapter one covers the language in general, waht variables are, array's, funtions ect. (more advanced users can skip this)
Chapter two is a funtion reference.
Chapter three and four, give real live situations, and cover topics very interesting in commercial enviroments.
I have this book and it's worth almost every penny (the first chapter is really for the novice)
a month later
This is an odd book request. But Are there any books giving assistance for things like contracts, etc... between coders, site owners, artists, etc...? You know, so if you work on a business page for money you dont get shafted cause nothing is in paper?
what you need is legal assistance
most legal websites/books are already out of date when they hit the market.
4 months later
I recently purchased PHP For The World Wide Web Second Edition by Larry Ullman and I must say it is so far very well written. It is easy to understand and isn't written by someone who wants to expand their ego by making everyone else feel 'stupid'.
The book comes along with a web site where you can get sample code etc. Also on the site is a forum where the author answers questions. You can also email him directly. Which is really great support for a book, it shows the author really has a passion for teaching and helping others learn this wonderful language
a month later
What is really needed is 'An Idiots Guide to PHP'.
There are lots of excellent reference manuals out there but I am still looking for one that is aimed at someone with little to no prior knowledge.
Perhaps that is an impossible dream?
Originally posted by Bill Noble
What is really needed is 'An Idiots Guide to PHP'.
There are lots of excellent reference manuals out there but I am still looking for one that is aimed at someone with little to no prior knowledge.
Perhaps that is an impossible dream?
most of the Wrox Beginning PHP books don't require much experience at all and they walk you through some usable web-apps you can create while you're learning
24 days later
PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Websites, by Larry Ullman
Same sort of structure etc as the one NetNerd85 described, but also includes a couple of chapters dedicated to MySQL, then integrates PHP and MySQL from then on.
Taught me PHP in about 3 weeks, and that was with no previous scripting/programming language! Also acts as an excellent reference coupled with it's appendices at the back.
T'is an excellent buy!