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Best PHP Books For Beginners

I am a graphic designer who wants to get started in programming. What are some good books to get started in learning php? Any good fundamental/theory books as well as practical would be great to start out with. Thanks!
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Re:Best PHP Books For Beginners by pkeane on Monday May 26, 2008 @07:35PM (#200527)
David Sklar's "Learning PHP" and Dagfinn Reiersol's "PHP in Action"
Re:Best PHP Books For Beginners by ideas101 on Monday May 26, 2008 @05:33PM (#200462)
i know this site - you may have to manually print all the chapters or just learn online.. http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_intro.asp