I don't have the pocket reference to compare, but after glancing through the online reference, I think the pocket reference might be the printed, smaller version of the online reference :)
-Mark On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > i think i might go with just using the online reference, but also > picking up the o'reilly pocket reference from nerdbooks.com for off-line > reading. > > using the online manual, i was able to whip this up in just a few > *minutes*. it's quite a good manual! > > http://www.dirac.org/p/crypto/index.php3 > > basically, it takes a string and encrypts it using a single substitution > cipher. eventually, i'd like to turn this into an interactive > cryptogram site. > > php is _cool_. > > ok, curiosity satified. going back to real work... > > pete > > > > > begin David Margolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I second Rod's opinion. Of the two PHP books I've tried (Professional > > PHP by Wrox and the PHP Blackbook) I've found the content to jump from > > basic programming to not-very-helpful-yet-complecated examples. I started > > mostly with the manual, and I still use it every day. The only downside > > of the manual is that if you don't know it exists, you don't know to go > > looking for it, and you might find it easier in a good "in a nutshell" > > style book ... > > > > Here's an example. I spent way more time than I needed to writing a > > string parsing routine that stipped ascii returns and replaced them with > > <br> ("\n" to "<br>"). After struggling with it not quite doing what I > > wanted, I found that php has a function that does just that. > > > > So it all depends on how you work/search. > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Rod Roark wrote: > > > > > I've always just used their on-line manual. It's very good. > > > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ > > > > > > -- Rod > > > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > > > > > > On Tuesday 04 June 2002 08:49 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > if i were to have just *one* book on php, what would people recommend? > > > > > > > > i'd prefer to have a book that assumes i know what a if/else do/while > > > > constructs are. i know what arrays and strings are; i just want to > > > > know how to do them with php. :) > > > > > > > > so maybe a good reference book. i've found o'reilly's html book to be > > > > precisely what i'm looking for (for html). > > > > > > > > any recommendations for php? > > > > > > > > pete > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
