I bought that Kevin Yank book you mentioned, Florena... and it is very well written, although my expectations were pretty high before I even opened it to be honest with you!
My main stumbling block with PHP & MySQL is the command line prompt.. so setting up a database using that was not my idea of a good time! :)
As a consequence, I've postponed learning the language fully until I get a bit of breathing space in my workload. I have scanned later chapters, and it does look as though it gets a good deal more interesting as the book works you through building a sample application.
I also purchased the equivalent title 'for Dummies' by Janet Valade and that looks like a very good starter too. Each book comes with a CD loaded with the necessary software and sample applications.
Good luck to you... I've got to get back to my ASP pages! :c)
Paul
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