This - I think - highlights the problem. *I* have been programing for 25+ years, but only switched to PHP last year. I decided not to worry
I would love to hear why you switched... although some might consider it "off topic".
too much about PHP4, and have only run with the Beta PHP5. PEAR DB was kicked in touch early on - ADOdb does everything I want, and is used by every third party package I use. MySQL has never had the facilities I have grown used to with Interbase/Firebird for the last several years, and it will be another year (or more) before they add the power that Firebird has in the engine with stored procedures, triggers and events - removing the need for a lot of in-line coding, and helping to load share.
Bottom line, the on-line articles and examples are always going to be more use than a book, and the PHP manual is probably one of the best pieces of on-line material available :)
I'd also add PEAR to your list. In general their libraries are very well written and serve as a good example codebase for PHP5.
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