PHP

Giles Orr gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jul 1 14:49:54 UTC 2009


2009/6/30 Jason Carson <jason-HjkH5KTEMfuEjziKL+yzSg at public.gmane.org>:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:33 AM, William O'Higgins
>> Witteman<william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 01:28:00AM -0400, Jason Carson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know the difference between "Programming PHP" and "Learning
>>>>PHP5". Both are published by O'reilly.
>>>
>>> Assuming that it is like any other "learning/programming" O'Reilly
>>> books, the Learning title is a beginner book that covers the basics, and
>>> the Programming book assumes you can already program, and just need to
>>> know how the language works, the pitfalls and the details.  There is
>>> usually a much larger section explaining the common or included
>>> libraries as well.  The Programming book will also be three times
>>> thicker, and a better value/reference than the Learning book.
>>> --
>>>
>>> yours,
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>
>> Seconding Mr. Witteman here. In the case of Programming Perl and
>> Learning Perl, it's exactly this way. Learning Perl is a beginner's
>> introduction. By contrast, well, "Programming Perl" is sometimes
>> called "The Perl Bible" for a reason.
>>
>> Personally, I'd go for "Programming PHP", but that depends on your own
>> background and whatnot.
>>
>> - Mike
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> ok, great, thanks for info guys :-)

>From personal experience in dealing with both "Learning" and
"Programming" books in both Perl and Python ... do NOT buy the
"Programming" book if you are a beginner.  It's for intermediates and
I'm sure it's good, and it'd be a good reference: but honestly, the
"Learning" books are what you need and will take you a long way.

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