[Phpwm] Hi

[Mike Tipping]

Experience is better than any book. (except "Zend Framework in Action" ;o) )

Think of something to build, build it and use the book for reference.

On 25/12/09 21:54, "j michaelson" <jmichaelson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got a copy of PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling & Laura
> Thomson from Amazon. (Thanks for the recommendation Rob). It's a
> massive tome and covers a lot of stuff, so this should keep me busy
> for a while.
> 
> Any previous coding/scripting that I've done (bash, python and C) has
> been for hobbyist stuff, but I'm curious about the possibility of
> doing PHP for a living at some point in the future. Would I have to
> master the entire contents of this book before I was ready for an
> entry level PHP job? If not, which of the chapters would give me a
> good start?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> (content listing below)
> 
> I Using PHP
> ----------------
> 1 PHP Crash Course
> 2 Storing and Retrieving Data
> 3 Using Arrays
> 4 String Manipulation and Regular Expressions
> 5 Reusing Code and Writing Functions
> 6 Object-Oriented PHP
> 7 Error and Exception Handling
> 
> II Using MySQL
> --------------------
> 8 Designing Your Web Database
> 9 Creating Your Web Database
> 10 Working with Your MySQL Database
> 11 Accessing Your MySQL Database from the Web with PHP
> 12 Advanced MySQL Administration
> 13 Advanced MySQL Programming
> 
> III E-commerce and Security
> -------------------------------------
> 14 Running an E-commerce Site
> 15 E-commerce Security Issues
> 16 Web Application Security
> 17 Implementing Authentication with PHP and MySQL
> 18 Implementing Secure Transactions with PHP and MySQL
> 
> IV Advanced PHP Techniques
> ----------------------------------------
> 19 Interacting with the File System and the Server
> 20 Using Network and Protocol Functions
> 21 Managing the Date and Time
> 22 Generating Images
> 23 Using Session Control in PHP
> 24 Other Useful Features
> 
> V Building Practical PHP and MySQL Projects
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 25 Using PHP and MySQL for Large Projects
> 26 Debugging
> 27 Building User Authentication and Personalization
> 28 Building a Shopping Cart
> 29 Building a Web-Based Email Service
> 30 Building a Mailing List Manager
> 31 Building Web Forums
> 32 Generating Personalized PDF Documents
> 33 Connecting to Web Services with XML and SOAP
> 34 Building Web 2.0 Applications with Ajax
> 
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