I just start developing online store site for our company. Since our company is a medical facility, there are not so many resources here. I should say nothing except internet. My boss allow me to buy one book to build website. What do you recommend? My technical background is that 4 years of java, 2 years of C++, 2 months of flash and this is my second website. So I’m not web-oriented. I already installed apache and php on my server so I think they are ready to go. I also had experience with informix database with JSP and Servlet. But I have never touched MySQL and PHP combination. I want some informative and yet fun to read book covers especially PHP and MySQL. Thank you.
You are going to be hard-pressed to find a book that covers them all, but here are my recommendatoins:
PHP: This is by far the best PHP book I have come across. It lays down the basics in an easy to understand way, giving hands-on examples and real-world techniques. Once you read this book you will have an understand of how PHP (and basic mySQL) works and then the tutorials that you can find on the internet will help to complete your knowledge.
mySQL: As you can probably see I like this series of books. Everything is explained very easily and they make it really easy to understand. Same with the PHP, this explains everything that you would need for the basics and then you can learn the rest yourself by online tutorials.
