Re: [cobalt-users] PHP Documentation & Books

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 2/11/00 2:13 PM, Dennis at dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello-
> 
> Any recommendations for learning PHP? besides the online manual... I am
> in the process with that one.

I'll venture to say that the online documentation for PHP is the best of any
Open Source project--by using the multiple formats--annotated and normal,
you should be able to figure out most anything.

The PHP mailing list, which can be subscribed to on php.net is also a
fantastic resource.  It is high volume > 100 messages every day, but there
are masters on that list that we can all learn from.

Unfortunately there are few books on the subject.  There is Professional PHP
that some people like, but I haven't purchased.  There is another one called
Web Developing with PHP (its a panel of people) but I don't know much about
this.

O'reily the only people I really trust for computer books are working on a
PHP series, but they aren't out yet.

Learning by doing is the only real way to learn PHP.  THink of an
application that would use each library or set of functions and make it
happen.

-k