Good PHP and MySQL books?

Hey everyone, I am trying to get alot better at PHP and MySQL. Does anyone know of any good books to teach you PHP and MySQL for *noobs*, or any good websites?

Thanks

Ok once you know the basics of PHP books arent really going to help you out much, apart from as a reference, which can still all be found on the web.

Reading though the comments on the functions on the PHP manual is a great palce to start. Not only are there loads of great snippets but it gives you ideas how you can improve your code by using new methods and functions.

It all depends what you want to learn more about. Because there are loads of ways the PHP can be used you really just need to google what you want and take a peek.

Check out these sites:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/
http://www.php.net/
http://www.codewalkers.com/
http://www.phpclasses.com/

Alright, thanks alot :D!

I've heard that the PHP book with the surfer on it is good.

I like the php developer's cookbook, but i guess it's not so much an introductory book.

Good for learning by example though

I bought myself PHP & MySQL for dummies some years ago, as a reference, and then I been going through a LOT of tut and reading article and classes over the web. Just like John Tiddell said, book arent going make you better, I use it as a reference cause it has all the basic in it, but once you know the concept base, you'll be able to do whatever you want, juste by searching the web or reading tut or whatever... you know, free stuff from internet, I found out that PHPClasses.ORG not dot com, is heck of a good resource site!!
hth, jc