PHP book help!!!

[sharma_atul85]

hello frnz i want to learn PHP with MySQL n apache server bt dnt knw frm where to study please help me finding a decent book to follow which must be in simple english...
i already have some knowledge of ASP.NET interface ...

[Pathik]

WROX: Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...764557440.html

My favorite.

[kapsicum]

though i would suggest you W3schools which is Best of the Lot & also because of its simplicity & To the point ...

recently i also found really neat site Practical PHP Programming wiki but never actually went through it so i m not sure but i feel its a real good one too

hope this links will help you & other ...

[aditya.shevade]

+1 Pathik

[[xubz]]

I too learnt PHP using the Wrox's Beginning PHP, Apache and MySQL.. Currently, 'PHP Cookbook' is my favorite..

[victor_rambo]

^Can you tell me the price of the book?(PHP Cookbook)

[QwertyManiac]

Aren't Cookbook contents freely available via the community portal online?

[sharma_atul85]

n plz tell me d price of wrox php??

[toofan]

Wrox one is easy approach to learing PHP but sometimes it get confusing.
For a begineer everything is not explained in this book. But I am using this book.
Other books are
Apress.Beginning.PHP.and.MySQL.3rd.Edition.(it deals with PHP6)

OReilly.Learning.PHP.and.MySQL.2nd.Edition.Aug.200 7

Do a little bit of googling with appropriate prefix or suffix and you will be surprised.

[aditya.shevade]

^^ Lool...

[sharma_atul85]

yesterday I borrowed the wrox ed. of PHP book and I feel its better to have some knowledge of HTML,PHP for a beginner..as I am already reading sams book on PHP and MySQl so its a bit easier to learn from wrox . and I suggest to all the readers DO NOT follow wrox as your first book. you'll feel depressed..

[toofan]

for PHP you should have HTML and CSS knowledge. Wrox one is a good book to use but you should know the basics first.