PHP/MySQL

So I've been thrust into this mysql thing at work. I've always wanted to learn more about sql but not under fire. I think I have most of the sql thing hammered out. At least the admin side of things. Well whats the best thing to talk to sql from a linux box, php of course. So php has been kickin my ass this week. Most of it isn't very tuff if you know any kind of programing at all. But those fargin iceholes didn't tell me that MANY things changed between php's last major versions. I think every tutorial I've read so far was written on old versions of php which have changed, greatly. Anyway, even a blind squirrell finds a nut once in a while. I think I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. A couple more days of this and I should be ready to actually do something. Be prepared for me to goof up this site if that should happen. Anyhoo....