Re: [PHP] books for php

2008-04-08 Thread Casey
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Daniel Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Jason Pruim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You mean that books are supposed to have stuff other then pictures? Well > > hot damn Learn something new everyday! > > Some programm

Re: [PHP] books for php

2008-04-08 Thread Wolf
Daniel Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Jason Pruim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You mean that books are supposed to have stuff other then pictures? Well > > hot damn Learn something new everyday! > > Some programming books, such as guides to

Re: [PHP] books for php

2008-04-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Jason Pruim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You mean that books are supposed to have stuff other then pictures? Well > hot damn Learn something new everyday! Some programming books, such as guides to Windows source code, have pictures. http://www.pi

Re: [PHP] books for php

2008-04-08 Thread Jason Pruim
On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Daniel Brown wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:28 AM, news.php.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Which are the good books for learning php? Try to choose one that has pages, some (if not all) of those should contain words forming sentences, and particularly those f

Re: [PHP] books for php

2008-04-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:28 AM, news.php.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which are the good books for learning php? Try to choose one that has pages, some (if not all) of those should contain words forming sentences, and particularly those focused on the PHP programming language. http:/

Re: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Lott
On 15 Nov 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Big Roach) spake thusly: >I think a better strategy would be to introduce them to the basics of >databases in general as opposed to trying to "teach" MySQL to them. A >good primer on DB's would be "Databases for mere mortals" by ... ? some >guy! But the cov

RE: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread Mark Saunders
That would be by Michael Hernandez -Original Message- From: The Big Roach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class I think a better strategy would be to introduce them to the basics of

Re: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread The Big Roach
I think a better strategy would be to introduce them to the basics of databases in general as opposed to trying to "teach" MySQL to them. A good primer on DB's would be "Databases for mere mortals" by ... ? some guy! But the cover is orange/brown and not very thick. Can't find it here... where did

Re: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread Clint Tredway
I also have the PHP & MySQL Web Development book and I used it to learn PHP and MySQL. I think it is one of the better books. my opinion.. Clint -- Original Message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lott) Date: 15 Nov 2001 19:41:18 - I'll be teachin

Re: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread Richard Baskett
So far the best books that I have found for PHP and MySQL are: PHP: Developer's Cookbook by Sterlings Hughes (SAMS) MySQL/PHP Database Applications by Jay Greenspan & Brad Bulger (M&T books) I believe another person on our mailing list is putting out a book soon... hopefully maybe he'll rear hi

RE: [PHP] Books for PHP and MySQL Class

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Bailey
"PHP and MySQL Web Development" by Welling and Thomson, from SAMS. ISBN 0-672-31784-2. An easy read, but covers everything you'd need. I'm a little biased as a reviewer for your particular needs, since I've been coding for many years, and thus skipped a bunch of the intro PHP language chapters,