This book is aimed at affiliate marketers who want to spruce up their websites with php...BUT, it's actually not a bad intro to PHP on its own. Free Today for Kindle.
With respect, unless the first sentence of the first chapter of this book is "hire an actual developer to install a tested framework" then it runs the risk of doing more harm (both to the marketer/wannabe dev and PHP's reputation) than good.
That said, good luck... I might pick it up as a reference myself.
Oh I dunno...I don't think you're ever going to convince me that LESS knowledge is a good thing. We can - and should - all learn new skills that are outside out respective boxes. An affiliate marketer with some php knowledge is always going to be better off than one without...even if it's just enough knowledge to know whether the dev they hire is snowing them over!
even if it's just enough knowledge to know whether the dev they hire is snowing them over!
I'll give you that. As long as it doesn't convince them they never need to hire developers.