I'd actually prefer referring to Google that a book. A book gets outdated bla bla...You need to use a book to learn the concepts and that it e.g learn OOP but to learn PHP I'd go for Google....90% of the kidogo programming I've learned is from Google.

If you really want to learn a language from ground up, it's recommended that you simply get the version of the language that matches the book you possess and learn the language. (If you have a php 4 book, simply download php 4), then you can "google" the difference, but at least you understand the working of the language well. This is the same rational used when introducing students to programming, older languages are taught. IMHO, its better to understand an older version of a language better than it is to understand the latest poorly.

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Phares Kariuki

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