Best PHP Book
 

I want to buy a PHP book but I don't know which one to get. Does anyone here have any suggestions? I am looking for a book that starts from the basics and goes to the advanced stuff. Thanks in advance :).

Search and ye shall find a ton.

I know how to find them but I was looking for reccomendations on especially good ones.

There was a thread about this exact same request a while back. That's what filburt meant.

Sams PHP in 24hours !

If he can't find the thread:

Sams PHP in 24 Hours
PHP in easy steps
Wrox PHP4 Beginning

(Wrox is defintly the best)

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1588800539/kriek-20" target="_blank">PHP Black Book</a> » Peter Moulding.

PHP Bible by Tim Converse & Joyce Park is probably the most detailed and extensive publishing for PHP Development I've ever seen. Of course I own a copy myself, but this book might be alot more expensive than the average PHP development guides; well worth your money. I've learned how to create custom features for my site and integrate them with vbulletin using the tutorials from inside.

It starts out very simple, in-fact, I had to skip about 10 chapters because of the obvious simplicity. If you're looking to learn every little detail involved with PHP, you'll get it stuck by the end of the book, if you ever have time to excell that far. I'm about half way in, and I'm currently working on my own content management system for my site. A month ago, I didn't even know what a php include was!

I recommend this to anybody, begginer to advanced. :)

Well, I'm aware of this but I don't think I'd go for the most expensive. I was wondering about online files, etc., trying to save on funds...

Nothing beats a book. You get what you pay for. :)