PHP / MySQL

[icronk]

I'm learning PHP and MySQL. I am reading material from various tutorials, the MySQL site, php.net, and a couple of ebooks. I would really like to understand not only how to script with PHP but the all the web stuff with MySQL too. I've found that most information on these topics (except for the MySQL site) are basically guides to learning PHP scripting. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book on these topics?
Thanks
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[mdwatts]

PHP is on my long, long list of things to learn, so I wouldn't know of any books that I could recommend.

Have you searched some of the publishers websites? www.oreilly.com and such?

[mak2k]

don't bother with books for php. The best reference ever:

http://www.php.net

You'Ll ever all your answers there

[Choozo]

www.phpbuilder.com for excellent examples, etc. :D

[zeke676]

a good book get is "PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
by Luke Welling (Author), Laura Thomson", it has a bunch of useful info on how forums, shopping carts, etc work on the web. Also covers a little bit of Apache too. Then for things you dont understand use www.php.net as a reference.

[The Linux Kid]

The way I learnt PHP was to search the web for a PHP site that looked like I could make it, and then I emailed the webmaster who very kindly sent me a copy of the code for the site, that he commented completly for me. After reading that, I just used php.net for reference.

The Linux Kid

[hard candy]

If you want something to read while sitting in the "throne room" (the one with the white throne) try this one.
Linux Central-PHP Cookbook (http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=T000-221)

[goon12]

The Wrox PHP book is pretty good, and along with the other links posted I would also bookmark this page: http://www.zend.com/phpfunc/

Check the m's in the functions for mysql* functions.


-goon12