Good solid PHP book for advanced programming

PHP_apprentice

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good PHP book for advanced coding. I want to have a refernce book as I take my code to the next level.

Thanks

jonno946

good question... but there is a php books sticky over in echo...

i like the look of this book suggested on page one

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpant1

what makes it even better is its free international delivery 🙂

roll on next payday 😃

PHP_apprentice

Thanks for the info

onion2k

The best way to improve your PHP is to write more PHP. Reading a book won't really help much. Think of a problem, and write something to solve it.

For example, I'm working on a wordsearch puzzle generator at the moment. It might sound like a trivial challenge to start with, but once you get into it you'll start having more and more ideas about how to extend it and that pushes the envelope of your PHP skills..

Practise practise practise..

onion2k

Also.. answering questions on here helps a lot too. You end up thinking about problems you might never code yourself.