Hello,
Chris Montgomery wrote:
Howdy,
I have been developing with ColdFusion for nearly five years and
want to
learn PHP. For someone who has never done anything with PHP before,
what
*one* book would you recommend as a good primer to get started
learning PHP?
Professional PHP Programming is a good one. Kind of outdated but gives
you an idea about the language.
For all the rest search the web.
Also, do most PHPers use MySQL as your database when building
dynamic web
sites, or do you prefer alternative databases like Postgres? From
what I
have seen from afar, MySQL seems to be the dominant one, but I have
read
that Postgres is more robust.
That is right. MySQL is good enough for many needs, but postgreSQL is
much more. It is more stable, robust, quick and has way more features.
From both DBs pgSQL is closer to Oracle than what mySQL is.
You may like this book:
http://www.phpclasses.org/products.html/id/0957921802.html
Also take a look at the reviewed books in this page:
http://www.phpclasses.org/products.html
Regards,
Manuel Lemos
Sincerely,
Maxim Maletsky
Founder, Chief Developer
www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins
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