PHP/mySQL/Perl books?

Need some good ones

[balinor]

Hi all, been doing web design for about 7 years now and I am quite comfortable with all the 'basic' programming languages such as HTML, Javascript, CSS, etc (learned them in notepad, so I know the REAL language). I recently decided to "go pro" and do this as a career (Being an Architect wasn't fun anymore). So...what I need is a good resource for teaching myself. The hosting company I use runs Apache, so it would be best for me to learn the LAMP setup first. I've had good luck with the SAMS and 'Complete Reference' series of books, and I guess I just want to know what you all recommend as both basic and advanced books? Soemthing that ties PHP/mySQL/Pearl together seems logical to me. Any feedback would be most helpful. Thanks!

-Padraic

[wruk999]

Hi Padraic,

If you want some good quality online books/tutorials [one's that have working examples etc] then go to hotscripts.com

you will find everything in programming language order, and in each one is a tips & tutorials section - this is how I started, and I found them _extremly_ easy to use, and informative.

Hope this helps,
Regards,
William

[jatar_k]

for php and mysql the sites they have are so comprehensive, especially including the user comments, you can easily start there.

I put some links together in this post
[webmasterworld.com...] - message 5

[NeedScripts]

jatar_k has some real good links in his post, also along with that you might wanna visit vtc.com they have a very interesting concept of teaching and they do teach php, perl & I think mysql too.

By the way sams has some real good books (that I believe you are alread aware of).

hope this helps :)

NeedScripts

[bcolflesh]

When I started with PHP & MySQL I read:

PHP and MySQL Web Development
by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson
ISBN: 0672317842

It helped me get going pretty quickly.

Regards,
Brent

[TheWebographer]

Try these 4 books:

Professional PHP 4
Wrox

MySQL
New Riders

PHP Cookbook
SAMS

MySQL Cookbook
O'Reilly

[jatar_k]

I've always been a heavy O'Reilly supporter. Their books, for every language, are unbelievable.

[Allen]

I use(d) the PHP Bible among others already mentioned.
Good book.

Allen