On 7 April 2011 13:51, Andy McKenzie <amckenz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Kirk Bailey <kbai...@howlermonkey.net> wrote: >> If I only had 1 book on php, what would it be? >> >> -- >> end >> >> Very Truly yours, >> - Kirk Bailey, >> Largo Florida >> > > My most common reference is, as other people have said, www.php.net. > But when I reach for a paper book for some reason, it's usually > because I can't remember something really basic, and I reach for > Beginning PHP4 from WROX press. It's out of date, but the concepts > are still right, and the basic stuff still works the same way. I > haven't bought the newer Beginning PHP5 yet, but if I were going to > buy just one, it would probably be that. > > -Alex > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
If you are on Windows or have a CHM viewer, then the offline manuals available from http://www.php.net/download-docs.php are as good as a book as it gets. There is a version of PhD ready to roll which produces the CHM files with the user notes embedded, so you can get the whole kablooey in 1 go. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
