Re: "PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites" Book

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Eddie Drapkin <oorza2k5@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tony > Marston<tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > "Eddie Drapkin" <oorza2k5@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:68de37340908060841x129a9096w6c0907f85614c52e@mail.gmail.com... > > <snip> > >> > >> Does no one see the inherent issues in buying a book about a > >> not-feature-complete version of the language? > > > > PHP 6 does not exist yet, and no hosting companies provide it as an > option, > > so describing existing versions of PHP as "not-feature-complete" is a bit > > premature. > > > > As the book is simply an update to his original version which was > published > > in 2003, and again in 2005, it is about using PHP and MySQL to build a > > dynamic web site, and as such every version is still perfectly valid and > > useful to the novice programmer. > > > > This not a book which is supposed to describe every possible feature > within > > the PHP language as it is not necessary to use every possible feature in > > order to build a dynamic website. > > > > -- > > Tony Marston > > http://www.tonymarston.net > > http://www.radicore.org > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > I meant that PHP6 was "not feature-complete" in that the "spec" of > PHP6 will change before it's released. We don't know at this point > what will or will not be included in PHP6 and writing a book about an > incomplete version of the language seems silly. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > That probably seems silly to you... but there are authors (and editors) who thinks writing a book about the last version of PHP is a good business, and don't care if the language is full featured or even "released" It is up to you to read the book or not. -- Martin Scotta