Re: Newbie Book & Database Question

I have done php only and not cold fusion. Just out of curiosity, why are you trying to do php? Isn't Coldfusion good enough? Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Garcia Aristegui" <david@cnb.uam.es> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Newbie Book & Database Question > Try "PHP and MySQL Web Development", by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson; only one thing, maybe you'll have troubles with the form variables, put this code at the beginning of all book examples > foreach (array_merge($_POST,$_GET) as $key=>$val) > { > global $$key; > $$key=$val; > } > Code made by Alok K. Dhir ;-) > > > > At 08:02 25/04/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Howdy, > > > >I have been developing with ColdFusion for nearly five years and want to > >learn PHP. For someone who has never done anything with PHP before, what > >*one* book would you recommend as a good primer to get started learning PHP? > > > >Also, do most PHPers use MySQL as your database when building dynamic web > >sites, or do you prefer alternative databases like Postgres? From what I > >have seen from afar, MySQL seems to be the dominant one, but I have read > >that Postgres is more robust. > > > >Thanks in advance and cheers from San Antonio, > > > >Chris Montgomery monty@airtightweb.com > > > >Airtight Web Services http://www.airtightweb.com > >Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales > >210-490-3249/888-745-7603 > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php