Re: book needed

"Ralph H. Stoos Jr." <rstoos@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:mZlyd.68051$Uf.61705@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> All,
>
> First, I am NOT a programmer.  My degree is EE.
>
> At 52, I am trying to learn PHP and eventually MySQL.

Hi Ralph,

Try "Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL" from O'Reilly. It's not for
the complete novice know-nothing beginner to programming, but if you can get
your head round some basic principles this is a great book. If you've learnt
Java you should have no problems with this. I knew nothing about programming
or databases and I'm on the better side of 40 too, but I consider myself
fairly competent having been at it for a couple of years now. Read all about
it here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...8420555-5106347

Once you have this book under your belt go to www.php.net and www.mysql.com
for a greater explanation of the functions and features you will have learnt
in the book. After that, search the internet - the wealth of information out
there cannot ever be put into a book. Many forums as well as ngs like this
help beginners like me solve mind-numbing problem with proper explanations.
The book is just a start.

My main reason for wanting to learn php/mysql was that I am a web designer
and I was sick and tired of being reliant on our programmers every time I
wanted a small tweak done. I now do all those tweaks myself. QED :).

Good luck and

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Frank