If anyone is interested in a free 400+ pages ebook from Apress titled, “A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0,” by W. Jason Gilmore, here is where you can find it as of 3/30/06. However, there are no guarantees on how long it will remain available. By the way, this ebook is listed at Amazon.com for $34.95; you can also find some reviews on it listed there.

There are about 7 additional free ebooks from Apress if you care to check them out.

For the PHP 4.0 ebook, you should be able to simply go to http://apress.com/free/content/ProgrammersIntroductionToPHP4.pdf and view the PDF file. If that doesn't work, follow these steps:

1. Go to http://apress.com/free/index.html

2. Unclick “Subscribe to Apress newsletter” (unless you really want the newsletter).

3. Click “Download the book” without entering your email address (unless you want the newsletter).

4. On the next screen, to the right of where it says, “A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0 (4.2 MB PDF file),” click on “Download now.”

5. The next screen takes you to http://apress.com/free/content/ProgrammersIntroductionToPHP4.pdf. It might take a few moments due to the PDF file being 4.2MB.

Enjoy!

Regards,
Walt

Comments

venkat-rk’s picture

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to share this information. Much appreciated. I downloaded the PHP book without any difficulty.

Walt Esquivel’s picture

Shhhhh...don't tell anyone, but it's my secret plan to have more people learn PHP in order for them to create more Drupal code! ;)

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oadaeh’s picture

Cool. Thanks. I grabbed it and the "Google, Amazon, and Beyond:" one.