PHP 5 Book Recomendation

[mikeschroeder]

I've been using php since about 4.1 and I've always jsut used it for smaller projects here and there. Lately I have been diving into all the new php5 features and changes. I would like a book that focuses more on whats new in php5 and how to migrate from php4 usages to php5.

Any suggestions?

[Jason Batten]

http://www.phptr.com/content/images/013147149X/downloads/013147149X_book.pdf

PHP 5 Power Programming, Free!

[mjax]

Because of the more important role of OO in PHP5 and the fact that it's implementation is far better than in previous PHP version, I would recommend reading up on some generic programming knowledge in the form of Design Patterns.

There is a PHP specific book on Design Patterns, available at www.phparch.com (http://www.phparch.com/shop_product.php?itemid=96)

Applying Desing Patterns to your code, will drastically improve the maintainability, readability and quality of your code. And it's quite fun, once you get the hang of it.

[Shrike]

I recently bought PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, Practice (Zandstra). It is a really well written book. The first few chapters are pretty basic but a very good if your new to PHP and PHP 5. It gets quite a bit heavier pretty quickly though so it's not really a book for total beginners.

Also Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Fowler) is heartily recommended but based around Java and C#. Every pattern in there relates to PHP 5 though.

[Jason Batten]

Before you get into Object Oriented Programming be sure to read The Object Oriented Thought Process (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672326116/sr=1-1/qid=1156070361/) Second Edition by Matt Weisfeld OR you can read the first four chapters (http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3304881) for free at developer.com (http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3304881)