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Recommended Reading List for PHP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-told-that's-a-popular-drug dept.

Steve writes "IBM developerWorks has put together a PHP recommended reading list. It provides resources for developers and admins adopting PHP and tackling advanced topics such as building extensions and writing secure code. There's also a list of books and blogs for keeping up with changes to the language itself."

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  1. PHP 5 Power Programming (Gutmans) by pestilence669 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This book was Slashdotted a few months ago. It's written and endorsed by members of the core PHP team. It's the most accurate language resource I've come across. It covers the PHP language, while I've found that other books tend to offer cookie-cutter "recipes" for common scenarios (code snippets). Sadly, its mention of interfaces is a bit sparse and it pre-dates PHP 5.1's PDO. Nevertheless, I still find it very relevant for anyone doing OOP with PHP. There are one or two gems not found in the online documentation.

    NOTE: It's better to have some PHP programming experience before reading.

    ISBN: 0-13-147149-X