On 17 Dec 2002, at 22:26, jalal wrote:

> David Jones wrote:
>  > I'm new to PHP. My "programming" background
>  > contains smatterings of FORTH, BASIC, and Java. I
>  > can read C/C++ reasonably well but have never coded >
>  anything in it. Any good book on PHP that I can use to >
>  get going? Unfortunately, right now, I can only pick up >
>  on, and I won't be in a situation with Internet access so
>  > the online PHP docs are no good for me during that >
>  time.
> 
> There are a lot of PHP books these days, and I haven't
> read the latest... that caveat apart, one I do have and
> can recommend is Professional PHP Programming from Wrox.

Thanks. I looked at a bunch of PHP books a few days 
ago, that was one of them.

>  > Also, anyone familiar with Postnuke (the PHP-based >
>  Open Source content management system)? I'd like to > be
>  using it on my church's new web site, so others can >
>  update content without having to drag me into the >
>  process anymore!
> 
> I run a site with Postnuke and can heartily recommend it.

Good. It was one of the reasons we picked the host 
service we did - they have Postnuke installed. If you're 
not careful, I may want to pick your brains re Postnuke!

> Postnuke recently suffered an acrimonious split, most of
> the developers leaving the project and going off to start
> there own, based on Postnuke, called Xaraya. However,
> Xaraya is far from being ready for production sites, and
> Postnuke is pretty solid and stable.

Figures! ;-)

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
 

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