PHP 5 Book Recomendation

mikeschroeder

I've been using php since about 4.1 and I've always jsut used it for smaller projects here and there. Lately I have been diving into all the new php5 features and changes. I would like a book that focuses more on whats new in php5 and how to migrate from php4 usages to php5.

Any suggestions?

Jason_Batten

http://www.phptr.com/content/images/013147149X/downloads/013147149X_book.pdf

PHP 5 Power Programming, Free!

mjax

Because of the more important role of OO in PHP5 and the fact that it's implementation is far better than in previous PHP version, I would recommend reading up on some generic programming knowledge in the form of Design Patterns.

There is a PHP specific book on Design Patterns, available at www.phparch.com

Applying Desing Patterns to your code, will drastically improve the maintainability, readability and quality of your code. And it's quite fun, once you get the hang of it.

Shrike

I recently bought PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, Practice (Zandstra). It is a really well written book. The first few chapters are pretty basic but a very good if your new to PHP and PHP 5. It gets quite a bit heavier pretty quickly though so it's not really a book for total beginners.

Also Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Fowler) is heartily recommended but based around Java and C#. Every pattern in there relates to PHP 5 though.

Jason_Batten

Before you get into Object Oriented Programming be sure to read The Object Oriented Thought Process Second Edition by Matt Weisfeld OR you can read the first four chapters for free at developer.com