effigy Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 The Third Edition of [url=http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex3/]Mastering Regular Expressions[/url] is available.[quote]This third edition is 58 pages longer than the second edition, and now reaches 542 pages in length. The main changes from the second edition are [b]a new, 48-page chapter on PHP[/b], and a rewritten/expanded Java chapter taking into account the many java.util.regex changes between Java 1.4 and Java 1.5/Java 1.6.[/quote][b]Source:[/b] [url=http://regex.info/blog/2006-07-21/218]One of Jeffrey Friedl's Blog entries.[/url]I own the Second Edition and consider it an invaluable resource. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4onastick Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I just bought the third edition, and I also love it. It's very well written and works well as a tutorial or reference. The author wrote the third edition specifically to expand on regex applications in PHP. I highly recommend it to any one. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-113421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishiraj Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I am beginner to regex,can I start directly with 3rd version or I should first read the basics from other version. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-376118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafetski Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Editions aren't like sequels =) It will have all the info from the 1st version, but will be more current/updated/support more languages. You almost never want to buy an older edition of a book! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-381892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 [quote author=rishiraj link=topic=105245.msg723589#msg723589 date=1193141278]I am beginner to regex, can I start directly with 3rd version or I should first read the basics from other version.[/quote]If you're going to do a lot of expressions, and serious ones at that, I'd get the latest book. If you're just learning to do a few here and there, I would start with web tutorials. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-381894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordfrikk Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I found the book in electronic format (.chm), someone maybe interested so I thought I'll share it with others:[code]*url removed*[/code] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-491393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearstatcache Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I found the book in electronic format (.chm), someone maybe interested so I thought I'll share it with others:where can i find that copy?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-534159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quecoder Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 What is better ?http://www.regular-expressions.info/or this book ?I want to be an expert in RegEx :) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-588195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenskd Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Thought I kick in and post a little something for those who are still thinking on buying this.This is my first regular expressions book and I absolutely don't regret buying it. The examples are well explained and covers a lot basic stuff for starters (like me, although I have fiddled with regex before but right now I learned so much in the first chapter that it's just amazing what it can do). I also think having buying the book is pretty much an advantage, for example minor issues like the internet going down for hours could hold your progress pretty much a lot. I don't believe I'm going to be doing a lot of regular expressions (at the moment), yet I feel it adds up to my current skills and it will possibly have a better use in other areas (or other programming languages). Oh yea, another thing is that the third version covers PHP more. I read in the introduction that second edition and first didn't had anything about PHP, so please be sure you buy the right one (THIRD EDITION).Cheers! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-592881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute_girl Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hmmm lets try, i also want to be 100% in regex...... :-\ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-598240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 [quote author=cute_girl link=topic=105245.msg946909#msg946909 date=1216875386]hmmm lets try, i also want to be 100% in regex...... :-\[/quote]If you are going to be strictly doing regex in PHP only, don't bother. As of PHP 6, the support for POSIX will be pretty much dropped in favor PCRE (I'm not sure if this means regex stuff will stop working in PHP.. but I would start converting any page expressions you have to Perl compatible... PCRE seems more robust and refined.Cheers,NRG Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-607363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplist Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Thanks for the info Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-668201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Old post, but it [i]is[/i] a sticky.... Just got this book as an xmas present. I'm excited :)p.s.-[quote author=nrg_alpha link=topic=105245.msg956113#msg956113 date=1217848966][quote author=cute_girl link=topic=105245.msg946909#msg946909 date=1216875386]hmmm lets try, i also want to be 100% in regex...... :-\[/quote]If you are going to be strictly doing regex in PHP only, don't bother. As of PHP 6, the support for POSIX will be pretty much dropped in favor PCRE (I'm not sure if this means regex stuff will stop working in PHP.. but I would start converting any page expressions you have to Perl compatible... PCRE seems more robust and refined.Cheers,NRG [/quote]All of the preg_xxx functions are pcre...those aren't being dropped, are they? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-719272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote author=Crayon Violent link=topic=105245.msg1068936#msg1068936 date=1229640060]All of the preg_xxx functions are pcre...those aren't being dropped, are they?[/quote]No, PCRE is becoming the standard, so they are (and will be retained) in current and future PHP versions.. POSIX fucntionality (ereg) is going to only be available via extension in PHP 6 and later. Great book by the way.. really helped me understand how general regex engines 'think'.. you will not be disappointed :) I've seen you posting within the regex forums, and you seem pretty comfortable and knolwegable, so it will be quite the nice transition for you I suspect. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-719315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostnucleus Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I also love this book very easy to read and had a fun while reading it ,everthing is so well explained . Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/18347-mastering-regular-expressions-third-edition-is-available/#findComment-937930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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