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Asked: 2026-05-28T18:07:58+00:00

HI I am a beginer web developer and for the past 6 months I

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HI I am a beginer web developer and for the past 6 months I have learned XHTML/CSS/Javascript/jQuery, before that I did about 3 months of Java witch resulted in a Monopoly game but that is all the programming experience I have .

Now I am thinking of starting to learn PHP and MySql.There seems to be tons of research on the internet about each of them but my problem is that I don’t know where to beging and witch book to first read in order to fully master the 2 technologies.

Should I first learn MySql or PHP?

What I want is if someone can recomend me an up to date book or 2 that someone in my position should start reading for both of the 2 technologies and after a beginner book and a bit of practice what else should I read in order to fully master them?

I know learning a programming language is done over the years and with alot of practice but I found that learning javascript and jQUery was alot easier after a friend of mine told me exactly witch books helped him learn them and not to start reading tons of books and not finishing them because I couldent find the needed information (this was the reason in my case for stoping to further learn java )

I should mension that I have no previous database experince im a bit confuse on the diferences on SQL , MySql ,Sql-Server , NoSql but it seems that everything I read about PHP goes head to head with MySql so I am thinking it’s a good start.

Edited: It seems most people miseunderstand what I wanted.What I want was if someone could post a path to learning PHP with books or resources for each thing for example if you want to build a CMS read this book or an e-commerce websites read this book or resoruce etc.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a popular and effective technology stack, so there are some decent books on the subject. You might be able to get a short free trial on safaribooksonline.com (O’Reilly’s web site) and take a look at which one most appeals to you. Here are a couple of books to look at.

    Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript
    By: Robin Nixon
    Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
    Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-15713-5

    Head First PHP & MySQL
    By: Lynn Beighley; Michael Morrison
    Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
    Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00630-3

    Some public libraries have these books as well.

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