Not one book.
1. For learning from scratch
One of the books recommended by the other esteemed posters.
2. Reference
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ and/or the corresponding CHM.
3. OOP with PHP
PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice, Third Edition
http://apress.com/book/view/9781430229254
4. More Tips and tricks
PHP Cookbook, Second Edition
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926813
5. Security
Pro PHP Security
From Application Security Principles to the Implementation of XSS
Defenses, 2nd Edition
http://www.apress.com/9781430233183
6. PEAR
http://pear.php.net/
7. PCEL
http://pecl.php.net/
With these you're set for many years of PHP enjoyment.
Dominique
On 4/6/2011 9:15 PM, Kirk Bailey wrote:
If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be?
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