In a new submission from Pan today, he notes that TechBookReport has just published a review of Steve Holzner's new book 'Spring Into PHP 5'. The review discusses the book and does a final comparison with some recommended PHP 5 books.

From the review: Spring Into PHP 5 is the first of Addison Wesley's new 'Spring Into...' series that we've seen here at TechBookReport. Experienced technical author Steve Holzner, (author of one of our recommended Eclipse books), provides this fast-paced introduction to web programming with PHP 5. The aim of this book, and the series as a whole, is to provide the reader with quick results but without stooping to a patronising 'for dummies' level. So does it succeed?

Overall, the review seems favorible - it does a good job of what it claims, helping beginners "jump" into the world of PHP. They cover topics such as PHP basics, using forms, OOP, databases, cookies, email, and much, much more. They do recommend, though, that anyone looking for something with a bit more depth then either Core PHP or PHP 5 Power Programming might be more your style...