On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:10:40 -0500, Edward Vermillion wrote: > Stefan Lemmen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've want to dig a bit deeper into regular expressions for php. >> I wonder if anyone can help me choosing between 2 books I'm considering >> buying: >> >> 1. Open Source Regular Expression Recipes - Nathan A Good >> 2. Mastering Regular Expressions - Jeffrey Freidl >> >> If your using/reading one of these books, please let me know which one >> is best for PHP regex. >> >> Thnx >> >> Stefan Lemmen >> Apeldoorn Holland >> > > Haven't read the first, but the second is very good. It really helped me > to grasp the concepts of regex.
Also, you could try the O'Reilly book - Mastering Regular Expressions. It's hardly bedside reading, but very thorougher. It isn't PHP specific, but it is a very good guide from the ground up. It isn't very good for 'quick reference' cookbook type stuff, but it will give you a very good understanding of regex. If you run Linux as a OS, there are a couple of regex gui's (KregExpEditor for KDE) which are helpful. You 'design' the expression in the interface and it gives you the actual reular exp as the result. I am finding this a good way of learning, i.e. figuring out how the result came about... Just my thoughts... Steve -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
