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Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:06 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Internals books (c) 2007+ ?
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi,


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sanford Whiteman
<swhitemanlistens-software@cypressintegrated.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Trying to ready myself for some possible work w/the core (after I
> resurrect all my never-that-great C, heh), I went looking for a recent
> book. (I still like old-school supplements.)
>
> I see Sara's from 2006 on Amazon, but nothing after that under 'PHP
> internals'. I'm sure that one's not totally obsolete, but I don't know
> if programming styles and patterns have changed even if the bulk of
> the code has not. At the risk of fanning some flames I don't know
> about... is there a more recent book that's generally liked?

And one book one must read and understand is "The C programming
language",by K&R. A must read. Writing php extensions is then only
about reading existing source codes (php-src/ext or pecl) or Sarah's
book for the basics.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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