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  • Nick Mudge
    #1

    Buying books on PHP

    I have gotten the idea that buying books on programming is bad when they are
    more than 2 or 3 years old. Is this true?

    I want to buy a good begining book on PHP, but should i make sure that the
    publication date is in 2003 or 2004?

    Nick Mudge


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    • Chris Hope
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      Re: Buying books on PHP

      Nick Mudge wrote:
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      > I have gotten the idea that buying books on programming is bad when they
      > are more than 2 or 3 years old. Is this true?
      >
      > I want to buy a good begining book on PHP, but should i make sure that the
      > publication date is in 2003 or 2004?[/color]

      I've been developing in PHP since 1998 and the first PHP book I ever bought
      was this year - I've always found the manual is just so damn good that
      there was little point buying a book.

      The book I did buy was Sitepoint's PHP anthology. You can download PDF
      chapters before you actually decide to buy it which is great. I mainly only
      bought it for the 2nd book which covers some useful applications but since
      receiving it have still to have a good read through it...

      Anyway, the book is at http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpant1/

      To actually answer your question, I would agree it's better to buy more
      recent books if they are available.

      --
      Chris Hope
      The Electric Toolbox - http://www.electrictoolbox.com/

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