PHP Fast & Easy Web Development by Julie Meloni kicked things off for me (after knowing only HTML)
basically walks you through the code of common things that you would want to do with PHP. (email a submitted html form - insert/retrieve and edit data in mysql database) Read through the examples and picture it in your mind. Lots of it is repetition but by the end you'll understand or at lest know where to look to find answers to solutions you want http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=PHP+Fast+Easy+Web+Development Julie's site: www.thickbook.com Many tutorials available here as well. PHP Bible is another good reference book. There's also a lot of sample code in here if I remeber right http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=PHP+bible The manual is really invaluable as well. It's very well organized and easy to find what you need if you know how to use it. A boring but helpful activity would be to read through the summaries of the functions. You won't remember all [or any :)] of them, but you will get an idea of what is possible and how powerful the language is. Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes Also ought to pick yourself up this cheapy while your at it. A great intro to SQL. It's great for a reference and an idea of what is possible (and how simple the majority of what you want to do really is) You'll probably be using MySQL at some point and this will help lots to understand how the database can help you out. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=Sams+Teach+Yourself+SQL+10+Minutes olinux --- Armoured <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > i have been told that i should email you to help me > with my question, and the auestion is: > > Can you recommend an GREAT book for someone to learn > php off. The person will only have knowladge of > html. > Is there a really good book out there that will > teach > me php??? > > thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
