As a part of their review for his book, Essential PHP Tools, LinuxWorld has posted an interview with David Sklar.

Of course, they ask all of the standard questions ("Why do you use PHP?", "Do you have a favorite PHP tool?", "Your preferred platform for PHP development?"), but they don't really ask much about the actual book. So, here's the blurb from Amazon if you're interested:

This book is an essential guide to some of the best free add-ons to PHP. These add-ons, or tools, provide invaluable functionality for improving your PHP Web applications, including accessing databases, generating robust Web forms, using page templating systems, creating and parsing XML documents, authenticating users, and much more.

In response to the existing shortage of documentation about the tools, Sklar packs this book with details about installing, configuring, and using each tool - along with plenty of examples tailored to PHP 4 and 5.

Sklar also lays out the details of Auth and HTML_QuickForm - two hard working PEAR modules - so you don't have to code your own authentication system or Web form construction set! Also included are chapters on debugging programs, and increasing Web server speed. In short, you will learn to eliminate inefficiencies in PHP, and enhance performance without any code modification.

Sounds like some quaility stuff to me....I might just have to pick this one up...