February 7, 201016 yr Hi! I'm just starting out with web development and been learning HTML and CSS for the last 3-4 months, once i've mastered that i intend moving onto javascript and then php&mysql. My question is I currently have the Larry Ullman PHP and MYSQL book (second edition) which covers PHP5 and MYSQL 4.1, would this be sufficient or is it better to begin with the his latest edition for PHP6 and MYSQL5? I'm hoping the second edition i currently have is OK because i'd rather not spend the extra money even though this second edition was written back in 2005!! Rob
February 7, 201016 yr learning PHP 5 is fine yes. Most of the stuff you learn wil be the same in both books. There's only a few differences that will be explained between the two so I wouldn't bother forking out for the second book
February 7, 201016 yr That's fine, but also, what are you trying to achieve? Are you wanting to do front-end or back-end work? I only spent 3-4 week on html and css before I moved on to PHP, you should have way more than enough knowledge of them to move on to another language now. Oh, and a recommended book: http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Dynamic-Web-Sites/dp/032152599X
February 7, 201016 yr Author That's fine, but also, what are you trying to achieve? Are you wanting to do front-end or back-end work? I only spent 3-4 week on html and css before I moved on to PHP, you should have way more than enough knowledge of them to move on to another language now. Oh, and a recommended book: http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Dynamic-Web-Sites/dp/032152599X As a long term goal i'd ideally like to gain a good understanding of all web development technologies (DESIGN, XHTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, PHP and MYSQL). I havn't yet had much experience of back-end work which is why i'd like to learn the basics and take it from there, as a career that is the area i'll likely be concentrating on, but for now as a hobby it's front end. I have studied programming languages (mainly C++) before during my computing degree so hopefully it won't be too alien, though that was some years ago now! Regarding html and css I've just been working through a couple of text books, my next step is to start concstructing a few template webpages and simple static websites making sure they are valid, semantic and cross browser compatible, only once i'm confident with coding content and presentation i'll start learning the dynamic stuff and maybe some javascript basics.
May 19, 201016 yr I'd recommend http://www.phpeasystep.com/index.php as a website to look at as its php & MySQL all in one
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