Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Richard Quadling
On 7 April 2011 05:15, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.net wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? I wouldn't. Not a book JUST on PHP. The book which I'm actually enjoying the most is Code Complete by Steve McConnell. It is subtitled A Practical Handbook of Software Construction.

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Andre Polykanine
kbai...@howlermonkey.net To: PHP General Date created: , 7:15:40 AM Subject: [PHP] the best 1 book for php If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.net wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours,                 - Kirk Bailey,                   Largo Florida My most common reference is, as other people have said, www.php.net. But

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread tedd
At 12:15 AM -0400 4/7/11, Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? The Bible. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Richard Quadling
On 7 April 2011 13:51, Andy McKenzie amckenz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.net wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours,                 - Kirk Bailey,                   Largo Florida My most

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Richard Quadling
On 7 April 2011 14:41, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: At 12:15 AM -0400 4/7/11, Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? The Bible. I've reliably informed that many people believe the bible covers such things as the beginning of the universe, the dawn of man

RE: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I've reliably informed that many people believe the bible covers such things as the beginning of the universe, the dawn of man and aliens, but PHP? That's a new one. [/snip] I think it is in the Psalms somewhere. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Marc Guay
session_start(); // genesis // do stuff session_destroy(); // revelation -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Yousif Masoud
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 00:15 -0400, Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+ | BOX

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Negin Nickparsa
introduction 2 PHP and MySql,Larry ullman

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread sono-io
On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Marc Guay wrote: session_start(); // Genesis // do stuff session_destroy(); // Revelation Now THAT'S clever! =:) I'm half way though Beginning PHP 5.3 by Matt Doyle and I like it a lot. Very readable, and up-to-date. Marc -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Donovan Brooke
Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? I have to disagree with the php.net 'docs' being the best book. Though most of us will have a php.net tab open in your browser every time we write code, it's not the same learning that comes with a good book IMO. Reading a

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-07 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 02:54:45PM -0500, Donovan Brooke wrote: Kirk Bailey wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? I have to disagree with the php.net 'docs' being the best book. Though most of us will have a php.net tab open in your browser every time we write code,

[PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-06 Thread Kirk Bailey
If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+ | BOX | +-+ think -- PHP

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-06 Thread Michael Shadle
http://www.php.net/ On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.net wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours,                 - Kirk Bailey,                   Largo Florida                       kniht                      

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-06 Thread Jim Lucas
+1 1. Always current 2. Usable evolving examples On 4/6/2011 9:23 PM, Michael Shadle wrote: http://www.php.net/ On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Kirk Baileykbai...@howlermonkey.net wrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk

Re: [PHP] the best 1 book for php

2011-04-06 Thread Adam Richardson
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.netwrote: If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+