> I am new to PHP and was wondering if anyone can point me the right > direction > with > PHP urls and books
In the past few months I have received nearly all of the PHP books that have been written (I wanted to evaluate possible books for some classes) and I think all of the entry-level/beginner/learn the language kind of books. PHP and MySQL Web Development is a great book, and provides a good resource for both PHP and MySQL in one text. However, I think its sections on actually learning PHP are a bit on the short side, assuming more knowledge and self-motivation than a lot of people (ok, beginning students) might have. I highly recommend it, but I would add to it the PHP Bible (which you already have) and, if that isn't enough, the PHP books from Wrox. PHP4: A Beginner's Guide is actually pretty good and might have been (had I received it in time) the best choice for a class text, since it is structured and written that way. You really can't go wrong with any of those books, a good project to keep yourself interested, and a local copy of the documentation. c -- Chris Lott http://www.chrislott.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php