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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/04/07 00:29
AchimR wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> AchimR wrote:
>>> varois83 wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I would like to learn PHP and I know we are at version 5. A friend
>>>> let me use 2 of his books but they cover PHP 4. Is that ok for
>>>> starting to learn the language? Or should I go straight with a PHP 5
>>>> book ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Not really,
>>>
>>> there are significant differences in PHP5 compared to 4, especially
>>> the OOP class use, but also differences between mysql and mysqli are
>>> not shown in a PHP4 book, simply as mysqli has only been introduced
>>> with PHP5.
>>>
>>> Achim
>>
>> mysqli was introduced in PHP 4.1.
>>
> mysqli is a PHP5 introduction.
> you might've confused it with mySQL 4.1, as mysqli was designed to work
> with more functions of mysql coming with v. 4.1+
>
> quote php.net
> "The mysqli extension allows you to access the functionality provided by
> MySQL 4.1 and above"
> ( http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysqli.php )
>
> Achim
Exactly. The functions were available in PHP 4.1.
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