Re: PHP Books at Sitepoint

[Paul Tuohy <tuohyp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know what Gabor was smoking - the book is based on PHP 5. This is 
the second edition - maybe the first edition was PHP 4.

Snippet from the Preface "The object oriented paradigm seems to scare 
many PHP developers, and is often
regarded as being off limits to all but the PHP gurus. What this book 
will show you is that you don't need a computer science degree to take 
advantage of the object oriented features and class libraries available 
in PHP 5 today."

BTW - I also highly recommend Sitepoint - I have yet to get a bad book 
from them. And I really like the way they market.

And, like Brian, I also carry all of their books on my Kindle. Kool!

Regards

Paul Tuohy
ComCon
www.comconadvisor.com 
www.systemideveloper.com 





Joe Pluta wrote:
> Thanks, Bryce!
>
> I will definitely take advantage of this.
>
> However, I want to caution folks.  I read the comments, and one in
> particular caught my eye especially considering the conversation we just
> had here:
>
> -----
> Gábor Sörnyei  6:27 am
> The main problem with the PHP Anthology is that it is based on the PHP4
> version. The OOP of the version is totally different from the PHP5 wich is
> generally used nowdays. I don't know what the other books/video lesson
> offer in terms of the PHP but if they're still using PHP4 then it is just
> waste of money.
> -----
>
> This goes directly to my earlier point that lots of what is out there is
> PHP4, even though PHP5 is over six years old.  The adoption of PHP5 has
> been very slow.
>
> Joe
>
>   
> > Also for those who don't know... sitepoint.com is a great site for
> > learning and keeping up with the latest in web development.  If you see
> > any of the other sales at the url Mike provided but are sad you missed it,
> > be patient and sign up for the news letter.  Last year on Day23 of the
> > sale they opened up all the previous deals for that day again back to the
> > first day of the sale.  On Day 24 last year they opened up all PDF
> > versions of their books for $4.95 a piece.  So if you only want 1 of the
> > books listed in a bundle, sit tight, you'll get your shot at a great deal.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this Mike.  I should have shared this with the Web400
> > List long ago :D
> >
> >