Good Books/Dev Tools Recommendation on Website Development w/PHP?

Bozo Schmozo

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Nov 1, 2003, 5:33:01 AM11/1/03

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Can someone please recommend some good books on developing web sites
(pretty much from scratch) running PHP and the necessary/usual
components required, such as MySQL, Apache and etc?

As well, does PHP have some good IDE I can use? Any books, online
resources or tutorials on developing and getting a web site off the
ground using PHP would be much appreciated. TIA!

JLopez

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Nov 1, 2003, 10:26:10 PM11/1/03

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Bozo Schmozo <ha...@spam.com> wrote in message news:<0u27qv06fev7taqrn...@4ax.com>...

For installing PHP/MySQL/Apache on Windows, have a look at
http://www.sokkit.net/

A fairly simple CMS that you might study for ideas and/or to get the basics is
http://phpmysite.sf.net

Bozo Schmozo

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Nov 2, 2003, 1:23:50 PM11/2/03

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Super, super, thanks a million.

Terence

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Nov 3, 2003, 7:56:11 PM11/3/03

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Bozo Schmozo wrote:

this site is a good supplement to comp.lang.php
http://www.sitepointforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=34

This is the best web apps building book for PHP programers
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323826/
Also want
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861007213/
as a reference (don't try to read it cover-to-cover :)

The best IDE (java IDE as well, best CVS integration, many other editors
including XML/XSLT editors). This is the page for the plugin.
http://phpeclipse.sourceforge.net/
get Eclipse here
http://www.eclipse.org

A good framework also helps :)
http://xao-php.sf.net
(hey, I know the guy who wrote that).

Other good sites...
phppatterns.com
zvon.org

Bozo Schmozo

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Nov 4, 2003, 3:24:06 AM11/4/03

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On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:56:11 +1100, Terence <tk.l...@fastmail.fm>
wrote:

>Bozo Schmozo wrote:
>
>this site is a good supplement to comp.lang.php

Wicked, Terence! Thanks again!

David

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Nov 6, 2003, 3:54:45 PM11/6/03

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> This is the best web apps building book for PHP programers
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323826/

LOL: read the first review! The writer can't write code...

André Næss

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Nov 6, 2003, 6:24:28 PM11/6/03

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David:

>> This is the best web apps building book for PHP programers
>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323826/
>
> LOL: read the first review! The writer can't write code...

Someone once said that the people behind these books are the ones that
didn't cut it as programmers...

André Næss

Terence

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Nov 10, 2003, 4:15:21 AM11/10/03

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Well I have to admit, there is no excuse for those sorts of errors. None
the less, I seemed to have been able to gain a very large amount of
truly useful information out of it. I actually have quite a few PHP
books and I have checked out many in the bookstore. I still think this
is the most useful PHP book I have ever found, dispite some elementry
code errors. If this were a beginner's book, I think those errors would
pose a more serious problem. But given the coverage of useful topics,
there's no point in throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Reuben Lau

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Nov 13, 2003, 11:07:05 PM11/13/03

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PHP and MySQL for dummies
is good for beginners.

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