Re: A good book for a perspective programer.

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Yes, you are 100% correct David Powers, I did not include enough information 
to get the advice I was asking for.  I really need to learn to ask better 
questions, so I can get the help I seek... there a book for that lol

No really, I would like to take the time to clarify my question as you 
suggested.

I am rather new to php, I'm learning the basics from the php manual, as well 
as the tutorials at the w3schools web site and whatever I can find online. 
I am capable of writing w3c valid xhtml and css ducumants. My goals is to 
become php certified threw the zend program, most importantly I wish to use 
php as my primary server scripting language to use in all web sites I 
design, storing and managing data with MySQL and flat files where required. 
It's my goal to get certified for both php and MySQL.

I am in the process of learning web design on my own, that is with use of 
online tutorials and books as I mentioned.  To make this my profession, and 
have a type of paper declaring that I'm not just a hack ; ).

Your books also look very good, I will probably be a future costumer!

Thanks, once again!
Sean-Michael
"David Powers" <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:AA.18.05112.353BA874@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sean-Michael wrote:
>> What I want to ask is if anyone can recommend a good/best text book to 
>> learn from, I like to have a good book on hand!
>
> It's very difficult to recommend "the best" book to learn from (although 
> I'm tempted to suggest my own). Different people learn in different ways. 
> Also, people want to use PHP in different ways, not to mention the fact 
> that you don't say what your current skill level is.
>
> My advice would be to go to Amazon, and browse the books on PHP. Read the 
> reviews. See which are the best sellers.
>
> I have a lot of PHP books on my shelf. The two that are the most 
> well-thumbed as "PHP Programming" by Rasmus Lerdorf and Kevin Tatroe, and 
> "Upgrading to PHP 5" by Adam Trachtenberg.
>
> The book by Matt Zandstra that you mention is very good, but it's very 
> specialized. If you're already at an intermediate-advanced level, and want 
> to learn about design patterns with PHP, it might be a good choice. If 
> you're at a less advanced level, maybe not.
>
> --
> David Powers 

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