PHP and MySQL Web Development

This is the book that taught me the basics of PHP and MySQL.
For years all I did was the first 2 chapters which taught me the basics of PHP and the basics of MySQL. This allowed me to actually do some work for money.

I remember making my first money right after finishing high school because I knew those things.

My point is, that this book actually knows how to begin. It teaches you the basics so you can actually start to practice. Years later I bought another book that... for the first 400 pages had everything about PHP and for the last 400 pages everything about MySQL. That book had no flow... it had nothing. Just pages and pages about functions and stuff. Because of that lame book I actually learned to appreciate this book more.