Resources

For your convenience, some of the most useful resources are reproduced here.

Websites

International PHP Magazine: www.phpmag.net

Cutting-edge articles and news about PHP. Available by subscription only.

PHP.net: http://php.net

The official PHP site, where you will find documentation and many code examples. It is the primary source of information about PHP.

php|architect: http://phparchitect.com

A monthly magazine for PHP professionals. Available by subscription only.

Planet PHP: www.planet-php.net

Links to articles and all the latest news about PHP.

Zend: www.zend.com

Information about Zend products, but also many good tutorials by the creators of the scripting engine that underlies PHP.

Books

Essential PHP Security, by Chris Shiflett (O'Reilly)

Learning XML, by Erik T. Ray (O'Reilly)

PHP 5 Power Programming, by Andi Gutmans, Stig Bakken, and Derick Rethans (Prentice Hall)

PHP Cookbook, by David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg (O'Reilly)

PHP Hacks, by Jack D. Herrington (O'Reilly)

php|architect's Guide to PHP Design Patterns, by Jason Sweat (php|architect)

php|architect's Guide to PHP Security, by Ilia Alshanetsky (php|architect)

Programming PHP, by Kevin Tatroe, Peter MacIntyre, and Rasmus Lerdorf (O'Reilly)

Thinking in Java, by Bruce Eckel (Prentice Hall)

Upgrading to PHP 5, by Adam Trachtenberg (O'Reilly)