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  • Geoff Berrow
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    Best books

    I'm a college lecturer and have been running an 'Introduction to PHP'
    course. It's been going quite well and my boss has suggested I might
    like to think of a slightly more advanced course. I want to give
    students definitive information where possible and am looking for a book
    to use as a text book to make sure I don't miss anything out or pass on
    any bad habits I may have picked up.

    Any recommendations ?
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    • Erwin Moller
      #2
      Re: Best books

      Geoff Berrow wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I'm a college lecturer and have been running an 'Introduction to PHP'
      > course. It's been going quite well and my boss has suggested I might
      > like to think of a slightly more advanced course. I want to give
      > students definitive information where possible and am looking for a book
      > to use as a text book to make sure I don't miss anything out or pass on
      > any bad habits I may have picked up.
      >
      > Any recommendations ?[/color]

      Hi Geoff,

      I don't want to sound single-minded, but anything with O'REILLY printed on
      the cover should be ok. :-)
      Just make sure you get some recent distribution. (PHP develops quickly, as
      you know)

      If you are thinking about teaching objects in PHP, try:
      The PHP Anthology: Object Oriented PHP Solutions (O'Reilly)

      Good luck,
      Erwin Moller

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        • R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah
          #3
          Re: Best books

          Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog .co.uk> wrote in message news:<iparp0d48 i2i3jbidnqu4mm1 hhbdasitbd@4ax. com>...[color=blue]
          > I'm a college lecturer and have been running an 'Introduction to PHP'
          > course. It's been going quite well and my boss has suggested I might
          > like to think of a slightly more advanced course. I want to give
          > students definitive information where possible and am looking for a book
          > to use as a text book to make sure I don't miss anything out or pass on
          > any bad habits I may have picked up.[/color]

          Best and advanced books are something "relative". Usually in a
          single book, one may not get more than 2 new ideas/logic. If I found
          more than 2 new ideas in a PHP book, it must be "Advanced PHP
          Programming" by George Schlossnagle ISBN 81-297-0575-3. It is the only
          PHP 5 book I have seen yet. One thing I couldn't accept in that great
          book is the use of double quotes for strings and echo throughout the
          book.

          --
          <?php echo 'Just another PHP saint'; ?>
          Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com

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