Re: Book Required

In a message dated 7/18/2004 2:58:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lester@lsces.co.uk writes: >janet@valade.com wrote: > >>>>Programming PHP by O`Reilly :) >> >>Write-up says it STILL uses MySQL as it's database material ;( >> >> I don't know what Write-up you are refering to. The book is not tied to >> MySQL. It mentions it only as one of the many databases that PHP supports. >> The examples that I see, unless I missed something, on accessing a database >> from PHP use PEAR DB. So, I think this Write-up is misleading. > >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progphp/desc.html I'm still apparently not understanding what you mean by non-MySQL. I looked at the write-up at the link above and the only sentence I found in the entire write-up that mentioned MySQL was the following: Material on interacting with relational databases, such as MySQL and Oracle, using the database-independent PEAR DB library This sentence says that the book uses PEAR DB, not MySQL. It is database independent. From your other comments, I have the impression you don't want to use this book for other reasons, such as preferring ADOdb to PEAR DB. But I don't understand why you think this book is focussed on MySQL. I'm sorry to go on about this. I'm just concerned that someone reading these messages might be considering buying Programming PHP and get the impression that it is a PHP and MySQL book. It is not. It is database independent. I'm quite sure about this. I know this book well. I love it. I use this book almost every day. I promise I won't write any more on this subject. Janet