Re: SV: [PHP] PHP Book?

On Saturday 28 April 2001 00:36, eschmid+sic@s.netic.de wrote: > > > > IO 340 pages function references (copied from the manual) [2] > > > > > > That is wrong. Leon havent copied 340 pages from the manual. I > > > should know this myself because I have finished the translation > > > into German. > > > > Ok, I guess you're right. sorry. What I wanted to express is that the > > same information is in the online manual. > > That is also wrong. <looking> Ok, I again stand corrected. The reference in the book contains additional examples and explanatory texts. Sorry Leon, sorry Egon. So here's a rephrased version of what I wanted to express with my original mail: The book is targeted at people completely new to PHP and relatively new to programming as such, and thus it is IMO next to useless for someone with "3 years Perl experience" (which is what this thread originally was about). Again, I can only speak about the first edition - if you say the second Ed has changed in this regard that's great. > > > Please read books more carefully and don't pester this mailing list > > > with your nonsense comments. I mean that book with a foreword by > > > Andi Gutmans. > > > > Well, you just said "Core PHP Programming" and I described that book. > > But you're right in that I know nothing about the second edition. > > I haven't start this thread. So be carefull. I have Leons second > edition and you can buy another book at Markt+Technik. The PHP manual > is for free use. Use that if you are not comfortable with Leons book. > > It is not very good to judge some books on this list. I know some > authors who contribute to the PHP manual and write own books. Well, someone recommended that book, and I tried pointing out that IMO that book is the wrong choice for that particular person. I apologize for putting down the book as something generally bad (that wasn't intended), but I don't apologize for having an opinion and telling others about it. This list is a *good* place for book reviews, because (1) reviews help (future) readers to choose the right book for them and (2) because bad reviews (such as mine) can be easily corrected (as you did) here. -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) Very funny, Scotty! Now beam up my clothes...