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Appendix B: Further Resources • PHP.net ( http://php.net/ ) is, without doubt, the best resource for information about what’s what in PHP. Unparalleled documentation. • PHP for Absolute Beginners, written by Jason Lengstorf and published by Apress, is a great book for beginners. It’ll take you from knowing nothing to almost a little bit of everything as you build a blog in PHP. It’s pretty big — 408 pages — but you’ll learn a lot. http://www.apress. com/9781430224730 • PHP Cookbook, 2nd Edition is another great resource. Written by Adam Trachtenberg and David Sklar and published by O’Reilly, this 816-pager covers both basic and advanced material: everything from strings to using and building REST and SOAP web services: http://shop.oreilly. com/product/9780596101015.do. O’Reilly has been kind enough to put the first edition up on the web for free: http:// commons.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/PHP_Cookbook • PHP Tutorials at Nettuts+: ( http://net.tutsplus.com/category/php/ ) Nettuts+ offers some of the best PHP tutorials around. Okay, maybe I’m somewhat biased as a staff writer, so you be the judge. • All over the web, there are bunches of great sites with great PHP tutorials. If you’re ever stuck, just do a search, and you’re almost guaranteed to find a solution.