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- wade
Where's the best place to start to learn how to create PHP type sites and so forth? A good book or 2 to get me started...
One other thing: Is PHP all I need to learn in order to create sites with cookies and shopping carts and so forth or are other languages like mySQL completely necessary aswell?
- Mimio0
php & mySQL are good to learn together.
try this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
- dessalles0
i picked up php and mySQL fairly quickly w/o any books- just their respective online documentations. But mind you...once security gets invovled (shopping, etc...) things get complicated.
- Mimio0
Use what you already know. If you're familiar with Flash get the php/mySQL for Flash type books.
- wade0
Have you read that book?
(PHP and MySQL Web Development)
A few of the reviews mention a need for familiarity or experience with C or Java. I have no working knowledge of these languages. I do know HTML, CSS, and the like.
- unfittoprint0
Mimio's book is the best for beginner and itermediate PHP programmer. It also come with practical examples like forums and shopping carts. But it's problably better to get the latest edition:
- mitsu0
here's the book you need:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
it's written by resident NT code monkey's, Chris Lea and Mike Buzzard.
it's the perfect book for you as it covers both the PHP scripting language as well as mySQL database development.
- ninelobsters0
sitepoint.com has a really great forum and great articles for the php/mysql novice and expert. The community there is super helpful
- mike0
thanks for the plug mitsu! although I have gotten some feedback about our book not being great for beginners as it is more geared towards the pseudo-object oriented application of php. there are other books co-authored by chris lea that are great for beginners. you need something to cover the basics like arrays, variable types and scope etc.
- ********0
there are a lot, but I found this quite useful: http://www.phpbb.com you basically upload these different files to your server and tweak them accordingly :) PS, http://www.istockphoto.com is DB driven and is in PHP, they are probably using MySQL