Quote Originally Posted by visualAd
I am inclined to disagree with PcM, PHP 5 is now stable and the change from 4 isn't too bad. You'll have most problems if your programs make a lot of use of PHP 4's object model, however, it is still backward compatible.
...hmmm...and I liked the way this php with mysql for dummies started.
got php5 and mysql bible too now, so will carry on with that, after learning to install and use apache and mysql.