On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 12:12 PM, cyberskydive wrote:
> what are your opinions and what are some other grest books out there? grest -- is that like "great" and "best" ? ;) I think that Visual QuickPro PHP Advanced, which just came out a month or two ago, is pretty good. I learned a lot of techniques like using templates and PHP's object oriented features, and some non-introductory coverage of things like databases and security. However, the book is more like a rough guide than an in-depth tutorial, so you really need to already know PHP to use it (which is why I liked it -- short and sweet). I'd recommend it to someone who knows PHP basics but might want to know how shopping carts are written, or how to use OO or some security and database advice. There's a chapter on XML too, but the XML stuff in PHP changes at times so I wouldn't rely on it. Rasmus Lerdorf wrote a book on PHP for O'Reilly, it apparently just came out a few days ago although I haven't read it. I believe it covers many advanced topics as well (not just a tutorial). Erik ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
