Posted by Marian Heddesheimer on 12/31/05 17:58

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:05:42 +0100, Micha Biegnole wrote:

>I want to learn php and mysql (with apache). I have a book still from
>school, but it's php4. Should I buy a new book for php5? (I still use
>windows 98 se).

PHP4 is still fine for learning the basic stuff (if its not too old).
Look if it's explaining Internet Forms using $_POST and $_GET instead
of global variables or $HTTP_POST_VARS (that's outdated).

PHP5 is great if you want to build larger object oriented
applications, because OOP support is much better in PHP5 than in 4.

In my online courses I already teach PHP4 for that reason. PHP5 will
be a separate course which will cover OOP in greater depht. But to
understand the important things like Forms and Sessions, PHP4 will do
fine.

Marian

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