recent good php book

[kit_kalen]

I'm looking for a thorough php reference, a guide that deals with mysql, e-commerce, those standard issues (and connecting to Oracle would be nice, too). I don't know php yet, but am going to an indepth training seminar and hope to have something that I can use during and after it (so nothing too elementary). Looking for a book that's reasonably recent. Any favorites?

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld kit_kalen,

hmm, the php.net site, especially the user comments on the bottom, has hours of interesting and in depth reading.

There are the various cookbooks, I have

PHP Cookbook (O'Reilly)
by David Sklar, Adam Trachtenberg

PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
by Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski

as for some of the specific tasks you mentioned
PHP MySQL Functions [ca.php.net]

PHP Oracle 8 functions [ca.php.net]
PHP Oracle functions [ca.php.net]

As far as ecomm etc, that's a tougher one. PHP will do whatever you need but first you have to figure out what it is that you need. ;)

[coopster]

A resource I recommend:
PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson

[Trisha]

I have the same book as coopster recommended, I like it too. Mine is the first addition though. I believe O'Reilly has a somewhat new PHP book out too, don't know much about it, it may be the same one jatar_k mentioned. Of couse, I'm far from being any sort of PHP expert.

[jonknee]

I recommend PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition as well. It walks you through several projects (including ecommerce).

[kit_kalen]

Thanks, all. I was actually looking at PHP and MySQL Web Development, so I appreciate the confirmation. That's probably the one (or at least the first one) I'll go with.