Books to learn PHP, Python?

Question

Decided to learn PHP, Python. Lots of books are there in market, but donno which are latest/newbie friendly.

Need your help..

Answer 1

I do most of my learning online, but when I buy books to learn new things, I like the head first books. You might like Headfirst Php. After many community requests, Head First Programming with Python has just come out, but I haven't read it.

Answer 2

dive in to python i think

Answer 3

While it's not necessarily a book, per se, the online guides at php.net are awesome. As a nice added feature, if you ever need to look up a command you can just tack it to the end of the address and get straight to the article you need (e.g. php.net/switch). If you're already familiar with programming basics, that should be able to provide much of what you need to get moving quickly.

Answer 4

Python:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686301/python-book-to-buy
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/623763/what-are-some-recommended-high-quality-non-basic-python-books
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570/what-is-the-best-quick-read-python-book-out-there
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/934937/concise-python-book-recommendation
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/569860/good-book-for-python-beginners-closed
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1514104/whats-the-best-book-to-learn-python-basics-closed

Answer 5

A list of free books:

PHP

• Practical PHP Programming
• Zend Framework: Survive the Deep End

Python

• Dive Into Python
• Dive Into Python 3
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
• A Byte of Python
• Python for Fun

There is also a list of free python ebooks