Could you suggest me any pro/hard Book for Php & Mysqli or PDO ? | +Other Questions

Hello community ! :slight_smile:

I seriously need your help. As the title says, i would like to suggest me hard/pro Php Books and Mysqli or PDO Books.

===> I have already read : PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) | Authors : Luke Welling and Laura Thomson but i am not satisfied.

So, i would like to suggest me, updated, relatively new and pro Books

  1. Which Book do you suggest for learning Php ?
  2. Which Book do you suggest for learning Mysqli or PDO ?
  3. Any opinions about Head First MySQL - Lynn Beighley and Sams Teach Yourself MySQL Apache ?

I really enjoy and love Php <3 !

Thank you in advance!

Please. I need your help. I would appreciate if someone answer me.

Thank you in advance!!!

Hi TomJac, welcome to the forums!

Considering you’ve already read a book covering PHP and MySQL, I’d suggest checking out PHP: The Right Way which is a website of current PHP best practices. It’s likely to be more up-to-date than any book you could buy, and will point you towards good resources and tutorials for further reading on related topics such as PDO.

If you really would prefer a book, then I can recommend PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra… while it’s a few years old now, it does cover more advanced topics such as unit testing and design patterns.

That was a very helpful response !!

I am going to test the " Right way" but i would like to recommend me other books such as Zandstra’s book. It should be very good. Do you know any other Php book which will not cover the basics. I just want to read something more Pro. Not the basics.
—> I am interested about making mine powerful website.

Any opinions about these books ? :

  1. PHP MySQL Dynamic Web Sites
  2. PHP Advanced Object Oriented Programming QuickPro
  3. Head First MySQL Lynn Beighley
  4. Sams Teach Yourself MySQL Apache

I recommend you go to Amazon.com and checking out the reviews on the books you’ve listed. You’ll get more feedback that way.

Also add this book to your list: PHP In Action by Dagfinn Reiersøl, Marcus Baker and Chris Shiflett

It is starting to get a tad old (not sure if they have came out with a new revision), but this is so far the best PHP development book I have seen. It will not teach you PHP if you do not know it, but it is a easy/good entry to proper architecture, and how to do it with PHP.