WebCheez Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 PHP bible is a good one. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1221653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoursurrogategod Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 This is not a PHP book (it's Lisp gentlemen), but still a programming book that touches ever so slightly on AI (very slightly). The best part? It's free! http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1350288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin567 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Honestly,I think w3school is not a good resource for php, they didn't even teach what is scoping rules for php? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1351549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Honestly,I think w3school is not a good resource for php, they didn't even teach what is scoping rules for php? w3fool.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1359142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoursurrogategod Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find a single Regular Expressions book in the thread. So here is one. I belive that it's open-sourced. http://bookshelf.theopensourcelibrary.org/2009_OReilly_RegularExpressionsCookbook.pdf Not a book, but good as well: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/01/essential-guide-to-regular-expressions-tools-tutorials-and-resources/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1369015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoursurrogategod Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 MOAR regex info: http://vimregex.com Granted, it's VIM specific, but still. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1369036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thara Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Larry Ullman's php, mysql books definitly helped me to learn php and mysql...I recomend those for all who are just start to learn php Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1380222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall of Famer Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Just got the book PHP Master: Write Cutting Edge Code, seems that it can be quite good for intermediate skilled programmers' further improvement. Whether a book is suitable for a specific coder is a difficult thing to say, everyone is different. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1380496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefany93 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) i like to add 'PHP and MySQL Web Development' by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson to the list of recommendations. It's not lame, neither is it hardcore, but it teaches you things from simple 'Hello World' scripts right through to developing content management systems, email programs, etc. It's pretty much written in 'English' speak too, not programmers speak, so people of all levels will easily find it useful. Awesome book indeed, I have been reading it for some time now seriously. What I mostly like about it is that they actually "talk" there, while in the other programming books, they only show you tons of code with very little explanation on what to do now or how to use the code they have shown. Edited November 10, 2012 by Stefany93 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1391555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastpurplemedia Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Essential PHP Tools: Modules, Extensions, and Accelerators by Davi Sklar. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1424099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irate Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 If I may recommend you some German books on this topic, I would like to mention 'PHP 5.4 & MySQL 5.5 - Das umfassende Handbuch' by Stefan Reimers and Gunnar Thies (excellent literature for every German-speaking newcomer to PHP which includes high quality code examples), 'PHP 5.3 & MySQL 5.4 - Programmierung, Administration, Praxisprojekte' by Michael Kofler and Bernd Öggl, 'PHP programmieren unter Windows' by Arno Hollosi for all those who want to use IIS and MSSQL, and, last but not least, a book on JavaScript... 'JavaScript: The Definitive Guide' by David Flanagan. All of those helped me a lot when I started to learn programming (and still am). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1429735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
axxo1 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) i like to add 'PHP and MySQL Web Development' by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson to the list of recommendations. It's not lame, neither is it hardcore, but it teaches you things from simple 'Hello World' scripts right through to developing content management systems, email programs, etc. It's pretty much written in 'English' speak too, not programmers speak, so people of all levels will easily find it useful. It's the booked that got me started on PHP,MySQL. Recommended. Edited September 22, 2013 by axxo1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1450684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitizer Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 are there any books on PHP and PDO??? I would appreciate any names or links.. or even if it is a physical book i can go and buy! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1489383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandersuperapple Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Can someone please recommend a good book about PHP5 for a PHP4 programmer? Cheers Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2307-good-programming-and-web-design-books/page/4/#findComment-1493664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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