Programming PHP

Simply beautiful! This book is well written and an extremely easy read. The coverage is very very comprehensive yet concise! O'reilly really did it this time!  If you were worried about dragging through another 1400 page wrox book just to get up to speed, you will want to run and get this book.  You will pick up PHP fast with no delay.

It is only around 380 pages long with a nice php functions reference area. If you are a web developer who wants to pick up PHP quickly simply purchase this book. Folks with only html experience can also expect to have an excellent understanding of PHP by the end of the book, although I suggest that the book be read by someone with some form of previous web programming experience. This is only because certain coverage is very efficient and may be hard to keep up with if you are a complete novice in web programming basics.

It is important to note that the Database section is very light.  This was the only disappointing part but not a reason not to buy the book.  It would be better to couple this selection with another book that offers more specific information regarding mySQL & PHP support.

Did I forgot to mention that the co-author is the creator of PHP!! o)