I've been programming PHP for ages now, and although I've never had a
problem with the syntax or anything like that, I've found programming
patterns and techniques far more important when trying to program
something good.
I don't own this book, but if I had any money I would [1]. It sounds
pretty good. I never learned to program 'properly', and I think it would
have helped me save quite a lot of time!
John.
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-5-Objects-Patterns-Practice/dp/1590593804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209018093&sr=8-6
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 02:00 +0100, Mark Johnson wrote:
> >
> > I'd be grateful if anyone out there could recommend a book or books that
> > would take someone with a reasonable grasp of programming, a PHP4
> > grounding and a mostly intact brain and get them to familiarity with PHP5
> > and a good grounding in the principles of PHP5/OO at the same time.
>
> When I moved from procudural programming to OOP with PHP 5, I found the
> best learning resource was simply the PHP manual [1]. It gives you a
> detailed step-by-step walkthrough, with great code examples showing you
> what happens and why. There are also plenty of user comments with further
> examples that help make things clear.
>
> > I'm particularly interested in the interaction of PHP with MySQL5.X...
>
> Again, anything and everything you need to know about PHP's interaction
> with MySQL is explained really well in the manual [2]. As far as I'm
> aware, the actual PHP used to interact with MySQL 5.x is no different to
> MySQL 4.x, it's just the SQL used in the mysql_query function that can
> differ.
>
> If you learn better from a physical book, I've always found the Visual
> Quickstart/Quickpro series from Peachpit Press fantastic.
>
> Hope that's useful,
> Mark
>
> [1] http://uk2.php.net/zend-engine-2.php
> [2] http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/book.mysql.php
>
>
