Books on DHTML and PHP

[acidcore]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any books with in depth coverage of PHP/MySQL or any books with in depth coverage of DHTML. I had started to try and learn PHP on the web through their tutorials and help sites and I just feel more comfortable with reading a book. I know that is kind of odd but that is just the way I am. I was also interested in any PERL books. I have looked on ebay and found a ton but I dont know exactly what is good and what is crap.

[mairving]

I don't know of any DHTML books. IMO it would be a waste of time to learn.

There are plenty of PHP/MySQL books though. A good starter book is PHP and MySQL Web Development. It is a good book to learn with and has many examples. I don't care a lot for some of the way that the code is written but it is a good book. I also like Core PHP Programming. It is a little deeper than the other and covers some of the newer PHP 5 stuff. O'Reilly also has a book that is good from what I hear.

[acidcore]

Thank you I will look into getting those. As for DHTML I do agree with you that it is a waste, but I have a lot of time to waste. My friend gave me an old dhtml book he had. Thanks.

[acidcore]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good java books either?