PHP

[Mike Ward]

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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