:thumbsup: This is a very usefull book indeed. No matter what background you come from you will find basic php syntax and structures very easy to learn so you can soon continue to look at some of the patterns that can work well in the php world. OO PHP is not too bad these days, although it still has a bit of quirkiness. It'll make you less desperate about the code examples out there and show that you can still create quite a solid codebase if you try even if you don't love the language in the first place.

Ok the parent comment was exaggerated, but some people have used PHP very extensively and just have formed a different opinion about it, no need to insult anyone :)