PHP

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This book is an introduction to the advanced features new to PHP 5. It is writ-
ten for PHP programmers who are making the move to PHP 5. Although
Chapter 2, “PHP 5 Basic Language,” contains an introduction to PHP 5 syn-
tax, it is meant as a refresher for PHP programmers and not as a tutorial for
new programmers. However, web developers with experience programming
other high-level languages may indeed find that this tutorial is all they need
in order to begin working effectively with PHP 5.

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Within the last few years, PHP has grown to be the most widespread web plat-
form in the world, operational in more than a third of the web servers across
the globe. PHP’s growth is not only quantitative but also qualitative. More and
more companies, including Fortune companies, rely on PHP to run their busi-
ness-critical applications, which creates new jobs and increases the demand
for PHP developers. Version 5, due to be released in the very near future, holds
an even greater promise.
While the complexity of starting off with PHP remains unchanged and
very low, the features offered by PHP today enable developers to reach far
beyond simple HTML applications. The revised object model allows for large-
scale projects to be written efficiently, using standard object-oriented method-
ologies. New XML support makes PHP the best language available for pro-
cessing XML and, coupled with new SOAP support, an ideal platform for
creating and using Web Services.

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Practical PHP Programming
Free PHP Programming book avialable in Wiki format. Search, Learn and enjoy.

PHP Manual in english
Free PHP manual from php.net by Zend. If one can read this entire manual then there will be no need for any other PHP book.