Advanced PHP for Web Professionals

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If you still need additional information on the basics of PHP, the following books from Prentice Hall provide material suitable for the utmost PHP beginner:

Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition) by Leon Atkinson. ISBN 0130893986.
Essential PHP for Web Professionals by Christopher Cosentino. ISBN 0130889032.^[1]
^[1] Shameless plug for my own book, I know, but I've received a lot of email from nonprogrammers who said the book really helped!

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