I looking for a book(s) about PHP and MySQL that deals with ratings systems, registering, login, comments, adding articles and so on.
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I found Web database applications with PHP and MySQL, (O'Reilly) by Hugh E. Williams and David Lane to be quite good, and covers most of what you mention (it's not so blog-slanted as your post, the app programmed in the book is a wine store). Might be getting a bit long in the tooth by now, though, but it does cover PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1
Edit: if you want to learn frameworks, I'd recommend both Beginning CakePHP: From Novice To Professional by David Golding, and Practical CakePHP Projects, by Kai Chan and John Omokore, both books by Apress. I'd say 'check Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional', but I haven't read that one.
Adriano Varoli Piazza
2009-09-18 14:43:36
What version of PHP are they using the book is 5 years old! Print Release: May 2004
Ben S
2009-09-18 14:46:28
hence the 'a bit long in the tooth'. I suspect you'll find that the PHP used is perfectly usable, though, for many, many purposes.
Adriano Varoli Piazza
2009-09-18 14:47:57
for rapid development, it's always best to get the freshest online. i'd rather read documentations, examples and tips online - rather than reading old and dead examples and codes from books and other print materials.
thephpdeveloper
2009-09-18 15:00:45
You have both a good point and an unreasonable aversion against printed stuff. Depends on the book and the matter, it can be still perfectly valid. Especially if you have to do maintenance of apps.
Adriano Varoli Piazza
2009-09-18 15:09:28
Well where can I find good php tutorials online?
2009-09-18 15:12:46
@SoS: I've found the CakePHP documentation at http://book.cakephp.org to be very good. You could start from the tutorial and go from there. Most web frameworks have tutorials of a similar quality.
Adriano Varoli Piazza
2009-09-18 15:15:26
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Why not learn symfony a little? Jobeet tutorial is very good. It's an online book.
http://www.symfony-project.org/jobeet/1%5F2/Doctrine/en/
You will learn the best framework also ;)
FractalizeR
2009-09-18 17:32:38