Books for experienced .NET developer learning PHP/MySQL

Question

Hi All,

I am an experienced .NET developer (C#/ASP.NET) looking to broaden my skills to the PHP/MySQL arena. I would like get recommendations on books for learning PHP/MySQL that are geared towards someone who is already familiar with object oriented programming and web development. I do realize that there are lots of online material out there but I am looking for an actual print book I can read. Thanks a bunch.

Answer 1

I don't know about PHP, but for MySQL development, this is hard to beat:

MySQL 4th Edition - Paul Dubois

Answer 2

I ended up getting this book ...

"Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition"

http://www.amazon.com/Web-Database-Applications-PHP-MySQL/dp/0596005431/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268007530&sr=1-15

I found it had a good "programmers" overview of the PHP syntax. Thanks for all the comments and responses.