by Chris Newman
Are you one of those people who think there isn't anything substantial that you can do in only 10 minutes? Think again. Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes is a no-fluff, just-the-answers guide to building dynamic websites using PHP. Broken into 10 minute lessons, you will gain a rapid working knowledge of PHP 5 and be able to immediately put that knowledge to use in practical applications. Who ever would have thought there was so much you could do in just 10 minutes!
PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
by Andy Harris
With this guide, you will acquire skills necessary for practical programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real world scenarios and apply them to the next programming language you tackle.
Professional PHP programming
by Jesus Castagnetto
This book is for anyone who has to implement web-based applications that go beyond simple static pages. If you are attempting to build a database-driven site, or you are new to the whole "dynamic web content generation paradigm", or just want to make some nifty server-side scripts, read this book. If you
are an experienced developer that has used until now only product ‘ABC’ that works for the ‘Kewl-OS’ platform, but feel the need to build solutions that are more portable and that can be developed in a short period of time, read this book.
Learning PHP and MySQL
by Michele Davis
The PHP scripting language and MySQL open-source database are quite
effective independently, but together they make a simply unbeatable
team. When working hand-in-hand, they serve as the standard for the
rapid development of dynamic, database-driven websites. This
combination is so popular, in fact, that it's attracting many
programming newbies who come from a web or graphic design background
and whose first language is HTML. If you fall into this ever-expanding
category, then this book is for you.
PHP Game Creation
by Matt Rudledge
Over the past few years the World Wide Web has grown tremendously. From its
infant stages when a Web page was nothing more than text with HTML to
dynamic, robust, extensible, rich multimedia content. Five years ago you would
never have thought of playing a game on the Web, but today, with current scripting languages, you can do just that. PHP has transformed the Web as we know it. PHP provides quick, dynamic, real-time tools to bring life to Web sites. PHP (otherwise known as the hypertext preprocessor) burst onto the scene in 1994 when Rasmus Lendorf released a package of “Personal Home Page” tools to the public. As more interest for these tools grew, Rasmus decided to create his own scripting engine to parse input from an HTML form. The first version of PHP was born; it was called PHP/FI. The programming community quickly grew out of PHP/FI, and PHP soon became the API as you know it today. If you know C/C++ or Java then learning the basic PHP constructs will be extremely easy. PHP is a wonderful tool with quick, on-the-fly, compilation. It also offers you a ton of libraries to work with to create graphics, Flash pieces, connections to databases, and connections to other computers. The main focus of this book is to take all of these tools and give you the knowledge andpower to create turn-based games on the Web.
