But the power of php is not in the code, it's in the support libraries that are already written. So without pear, you might as well use a proper language like C.
Steve On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:05:11 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 11:23, Nicholas Rogers wrote: > > Don, > > > > I can recommend 2 excellent books: > > > > PHP in 10 Minutes by SAMS publishing. > > Succinct, fast and $cheap. It will answer most of your fundamental > > PHP questions with minimum fuss. > > > > 2. PHP and MyQL Web Development, Welling & Thomson, 3rd Edition, > > Developers Library > > This is the best tutorial style text that guides you through the maze > > of material on PHP and MySQL. If you really want to get your head > > around PHP and MySQL integration, take the time to read it. > To which I can add: > PHP Power Programming by Andi Gutmans, Stig Saether Bakken, and Derik Rethans. > > It's in the Christchurch Public Library. Item Number C31072740. > > It's a bit of a tome, so I won't be returning it until the due date which is > 23/11/06. > > Actually there are _many_ open-source offerings which you could incorporate > into your project to do what you want. The IPCop distribution uses the ipacc > package. I have found it to be useful. > http://gara.opennet.ru/ipacc/ipacc-0.6.tar.gz > There is a help.txt in the directory which you might find useful. > It's in Russian, but the command sequences are there. > > There is some doco at: > http://www.knossos.net.nz/ipacc/ipacc1.html > > btw. imho You would be _much_ better off learning Ruby. > It knocks all the P... languages into a cocked has as far as expressiveness > and ease of use is concerned. There is a huge library of methods and finished > applications available. The first edition of the book is on the Web at:- > http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ > and you can buy ( $25.00 US ) a pdf file of the second - much improved - > second edition at: > http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html > > http://www.ruby-lang.org/ > > -- > CS
