PHP 5/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
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This book is perfect for the absolute beginner, as the title suggests.
Throughout the book, the author walks through the key concepts and gets you farmiliar with the vocabulary. It is an excellent way to get started with PHP, because the chapters take it slowly and keep it lively and exiting with small snippets of fun.
The first seven chapters of the book deal directly with PHP, and the rest deal with MySQL and how it is used through PHP.
PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy
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PHP Solutions is a great book for people who are looking to quickly integrate PHP tools into their web sites
PHP Solutions makes it easy by giving examples of real code that you can use on your web site. At the same time, the book is very easy to read and is set up for the complete beginner.
This book is really great for people who have some web design experience, but not any PHP development experience.
PHP 5 Fast and Easy Web Development
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This PHP book covers all the basics of PHP--everything that a beginner would want to do on a dynamic web site. This includes reading and writing files, sending email, using cookies and sessions, and using MySQL.
At the beginning of the book, the author covers the installation of PHP and MySQL. This is perfect for somebody who wants to run PHP on their home computer or on a custom server.
PHP 5 in Easy Steps
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This book is designed to get a biginner up and running in hours, not days. As the title suggests, the author gives clear, simple steps to guide the beginner through creating small PHP projects and programs.
There is a lot of source code in this book, perfect for somebody who learns by doing and seeing. This also serves as a great reference for beginning PHP programmers.