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Thanks for the bibliography.

I have books 2 and 3.

--Stephen

Jeff wrote:
> I was in your position - as a fresh newbie - almost 6 months ago. Now
> I'm a "seasoned" newbie. ;)
> 
> Here's the list of references that have helped me:
> 
> 1. "PHP/MySQL for Dummies" - yes...kinda basic but when you're a newbie
> it'll get you up and running. It  has some of the elementary stuff
> explained quite nicely. I installed Apache/PHP/MySQL on my Win2000
> server using the CDROM provided with the book (installation was
> painless) and that helped me get a little comfortable with these
> applications before I made the jump to Linux.
> 
> 2. "PHP Functions: Essential Reference" from New Riders Publications.
> Has a gazillion PHP functions listed by "area," i.e., string-related
> functions, MySQL related functions, and so on. Many of the entries have
> little code snippets, cross-references to related functions, etc.
> 
> 3. For MySQL, I use "MySQL" by Paul DuBois, the second edition.
> 
> For online stuff I've found the following to be helpful:
> 
> 1. http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial_index.php
> 2. http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/51/ 
> 3. http://www.developer.com/lang/php/
> 4. Of course, http://www.php.net/ and http://www.mysql.com 
> 5. This mail list.
> 
> Jeff