Teach yourself PHP in 24 Hours. Sams Publishing....very comprehensive.
But, I must ask you: if you are using/learning PHP on the job, why not try something better/more interesting off the job (like I do)? PHP was my first web language and where I a learned lot of real world software development strategies, but I definitely wouldn't recommend learning things the PHP way to a beginner.
Well at the moment my main concern is the job as there is still a good deal of work to be done (and possibly undone) and therefore I kind of have to hit the ground running. Now as far as off the job is concerned I'm definitely open to suggestions. Any recommendations?
At the risk of starting yet another language vs. language war, I will share with you some thoughts that have been rattling around in my pea-sized brain;
Actionscript 2 - fun, easy. Pre-requisite to AS3 and/or flex.
Actionscript 3 - This is by far my favorite language. For brevity, I will just say that it allows me to do a great many things, in a scripting/interactive environment that allows me to work on 'fun' stuff (such as Papervision 3D).
C# - Pound for pound,vs the compiled langs Java, C++ and C just don't stack up to it (jvm sucks, C++ is very confusing, and C, well just leave that to the experts as pg says). Depending on what you are doing it is only marginally slower than C++, but you (I) can develop ~3 times faster. YMMV.
Ha ha. I've found C to be easier to understand then the plus-plus version; but then, I have not gone that far with it. I'll definitely give up some time with the C's and Actionsript in the future however. Thanks for the advice.
But, I must ask you: if you are using/learning PHP on the job, why not try something better/more interesting off the job (like I do)? PHP was my first web language and where I a learned lot of real world software development strategies, but I definitely wouldn't recommend learning things the PHP way to a beginner.