Good PHP books?

[Adam]

What are some good PHP + MySQL books? I heard Oriley and Sams PHP books are good. Just want your opinions.

[Eric]

I have 4:

• SAMS Teach yourself PHP, Apache, & MySQL All in one
  
• PHP5 and MySQL Bible
  
• Advanced PHP Programming
  
• PHP Visual Jumpstart
  

[illEATurHARTout]

I'm currently reading "PHP for the World Wide Web : Visual QuickStart Guide" by Larry Ullman, and it's an excellent book. Never before has an author made me understand something so well.

If you're looking for PHP and MySQL, then try "Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional" by W. J. Gilmore.

[TheSixthcrusifix]

IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER:
The absolute Best book to buy is


PHP: In Easy Steps
Made by Barns and Noble, (There are a whole line of "in easy steps" books.

The main reason I reccomend it is because it's

1. Easy To read and Easy to understand

2. Cheap! About $9.99 which ain't bad!

3. Got all the basic info for creating pretty good pages/dynamic contect with PHP. It's by no means an advanced Coders Manual, but I read it before I knew barely what PHP was, and it helped a CRAPLOAD! Then when you read it, you could look into other books. But because of it's simplicity and Nifty Index I would SERIOUSLY reccomend it to any PHP n00b or just somone who's insecure with their PHP skills and doesn't want to pay $30 for a good PHPbook,

There's allso a slightly newer book about PHP 5

But if you're really curious just GO HERE