General Discussions

**Doug The Great** · 07-11-2006, 11:45 AM

Ok i'm looking to buy a book on PHP and MySQL Web Development. A friend of mine referred me to this book Here. But I noticed that there was 4 editions so I wasn't sure if it was 4 different books or each edition added something new to the book that the last one didn't. If anyone can confirm/deny this that would be great. Or is there any books out there that are more helpful in teaching this subject? I would ask my friend who referred it to me but he hasn't been on for quite some time now.

I really don't like ebooks, it's hard for me to focus when reading a book on screen, I need it in live print.

**dadofgage** · 07-11-2006, 08:50 PM

You might also want to try this book - http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpmysql1/ - it was very helpful to me when I first started learning PHP/MySQL.

Give it a look.

**obenix** · 07-11-2006, 09:13 PM

Whatever you buy, just make sure they cover PHP5.

**Doug The Great** · 07-11-2006, 09:39 PM

I bought this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...lance&n=283155

It covers MySQL 5 & PHP5

**tallen** · 07-12-2006, 05:33 AM

Having more of a designer mind, I found most PHP books (I tried a lot them) confusing. This one was the first that made sense to me:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...lance&n=283155

**Muhammad Haris** · 07-12-2006, 07:10 AM

6 out of 10 people said to me that "You don't need books to learn PHP". They said that you need resources to learn PHP and tutorials. That's it!

**pcdoc** · 07-12-2006, 07:17 AM

Years back, before developing my first php / mysql site

http://www.pcdoctorsgroup.com/

I visited my local Barnes & Nobles to personally review relevant books.

Being the cheapie I am, bought the books used on Amazon

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