Big Al's PHP: The Basics

Get this book and get started making your own interactive web sites. With over 120 tutorials that cover all of the basics in excruciating detail, by the time you're done you'll have a rock solid foundation in PHP. Considering how PHP has a massive and rather disjointed library of functions, believe me, too much detail is still not enough. Invest a few hours now, and save yourself hundreds of hours of frustration later on.

Don't get me wrong, scripting in PHP is not rocket surgery, and this book does not assume you have any prior programming experience. If you have even the slightest idea of how web pages work, you can learn PHP. If you have a background in web design, you can learn PHP. If you have ever used Wordpress you can learn PHP. Heck, if you've ever used the Internet you can learn PHP.

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