Mini reference must not rely learn PHP language through this book because it is not the goal. Ideal complement to other works (eg "practice of MySQL and PHP" Philippe Rigaux) that "lexicon" includes all the features, options and syntax of PHP, those are listed after each other with brief descriptive, allowing to quickly find the term that is missing in order to complete your code. Some syntax niceties or use some can sometimes obscure which reinforces the need for other reference works to complete unsaid. In conclusion, this book is a very good programming tool for insiders, as is sufficient as a memo but requiring other reference sources for effective use.