Posted by AchimR on 09/03/07 23:48

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

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