For PHP/MySQL...
I learned alot from the examples provided in O`Reilly's books; PHP Cookbook and MySQL Cookbook. I personally think they are the best on the market (that I know of anyway).
Also Prentice Hall has a series called CORE. These are books that details PHP and MySQL.. and a lot of other juicy stuff. However, these books are very theoretical, but it seems you want to learn technical terms etc. so they might be good for you. Personally I preffer books that provide examples of usage (Like the Cookbooks).
3rd, the owner of phpfreaks recently launched a book for the "basics" of PHP. I have it on my shelf and Injoyed that a lot too.
If books doesn't "do it" for you, I suppose you'd be forced to peak in the online manuals once in a while. Honestly, I don't think anyone coding PHP gets around that.