Well, let me start off by saying I'm sorry. The contest isn't quite ready yet - I actually had a bit of a life this past weekend. (I know, I know..) - so anyway, the O'Reilly books will be coming up this week sometime, just keep an eye out!
Once again, arts has come through with some quality links when there is almost no other news around today. First off, there is a review of the PHP4 Bible on SitePoint. The author points out that, while a good resource to have, it's not for the pure beginner. There are some issues that only a slightly experienced programmer would get.
Also from arts, an article that I've been seeing a lot of reciently - Sending Email with PHP over on the Builder Cnet site. It looks like a nice overview, with maybe a few things that the Zend article missed. Thanks again arts!