Chris Lott wrote:
> Looking for suggestions for a PHP textbook for an "Intro to Web
> Programming" class that will be using PHP5 and MySQL. This is a
> first-semester course, so no programming experience required.
>
> It would be nice to have a text that adhered to (what I see as) good
> practice using quotation marks... i.e.
>
> print 'The cost is ' . $cost;
> NOT
> print "The cost is $cost";
> AND CERTAINLY NOT
> print ("The cost is $cost");
>
> echo substr('abcdef', 1);
> NOT
> echo substr("abcdef", 1);
>
>
> I will be teaching, so a book that a student can-- before the class--
> work through and understand is good-- doesn't have to be a traditional
> textbook! But it shouldn't be a reference manual either.
Why do you think these are good/bad, as a matter of interest?
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