php. beginners version

I have the need for a relatively simple php/mysql app and I would appreciate guidance as to a decent book or guide to learning the basics.

Unfortunately my programming skills end with fortran iv and mainframe computers, and those skills are seriously rusty.

Is there a decent publication for php? I dont want youtube, or online tutorials just yet. I'd like an decent honest to goodness book that covers html and php.

Thanks, I ordered some guides. It remains to be seen if I got the right ones.

The tutotrials are fine, but they seem massively counter intuitive to me. Each tutorial seems to begin assuming you already know something about some other code or language first.

I read a bit about one code, then go read about another code the first code seems to refer to the most. I'm beginning to build a conceptual diagram in my head about programming architecture, but its slow going given my archaeic background.