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 Posted by ng on 06/12/28 11:24 
This is a link I found by a very good PHP author - this one is on  
Version 4, and he also wrote one on Version 5.  I would start with this  
one, considering it's free, and more relevant right now than V5. 
 
Tom 
 
http://apress.com/free/content/ProgrammersIntroductionToPHP4.pdf 
 
 
 
Shawn Wilson wrote: 
 
>I have been an HTML guy for 8 years or so, but only last year started  
>working with PHP.  I dabbled in Perl and then moved to PHP after completing  
>a couple projects in Perl.  I'm thankful I did that, as I'm sure you all  
>know. 
> 
>I've got a pretty common working knowlege of PHP and using it with mySQL.  I  
>can do most anything I need to do, but I learn new things by Google'ing or  
>using PHP.NET and I'd like to learn some better practices and get away from  
>what I'm sure are newbie practices.  I've been learning to acomplish one  
>specific task at a time, and I'd like a more rounded education on best  
>practices. 
> 
>I've only recently started using arrays instead of lots of seperate  
>variables for example, and I'm sure there are more things (like hashes?)  
>that would move me more toward a seasoned programmer and away from being a  
>newbie. 
> 
>There are hundreds of PHP books out there, and I've ordered a couple, but  
>I'm looking for suggestions.  First, on whether I should touch PHP5 at this  
>point given the fact that it probably won't be on my client's servers?  Or  
>should I focus on PHP4 for now and then move on to PHP5 at some later date  
>when I'm ready and the world is more ready? 
> 
>What I don't want to do is to learn a ton of new ways of doing things with  
>PHP5 and not be able to use any of it so maybe I've answered my own  
>question. 
> 
>Please, any suggetions would be appreciated. 
> 
>Thanks in advance! 
> 
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>Shawn Wilson  
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