Posted by Andy Jeffries on 05/16/06 22:45

On Tue, 16 May 2006 12:19:42 -0700, monsey11 wrote:
> I've been working on asp developing web applications the past few years
> now I'm offered a position only if i know PHP.
>
> do you think its a possibility?

It depends on how good a programmer you are. If you're asking me if I
could do the inverse, I honestly believe if I needed to I could learn ASP
in a weekend (certainly enough to be able to write passable scripts to do
anything I needed, maybe not in the best way but passable and to know
where to look for answers).

PHP isn't difficult and if you already have a decent amount of programming
experience then it won't be difficult.

> which book do you think will get me the through the quickest?

I'd recommend something like the Wrox books Beginning PHP and Professional
PHP, then Advanced PHP by George Schlossnagle.

The first couple will give you a quick grounding in the language and
developing PHP applications. The last one will help you grasp a bit more
of the internals of PHP and how to write faster/cleaner PHP.

Good luck.

Cheers,


Andy


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