Learning PHP
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I've found http://www.tizag.com to be the best for learning PHP. They explain everything very well, plus give examples. Give it a shot, that's where I learned PHP.
Books are the best way to lean various programming languages in my opinion.
Books like this -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Do-Everythi ... 641&sr=8-1 <- you'll find to be very useful.
Books like this -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Do-Everythi ... 641&sr=8-1 <- you'll find to be very useful.
No on has mentioned http://php.net ~eeeek~
w3schools is also good. Just start learning the basics, if else, functions, arrays etc. first, then move onto the more advanced stuff (classes, sql etc.).
Just start doing it ~lol~ that's what I did, once you get stuck with something google is always their, also, looking through the source code of scripts like phpBB, joomla, wordpress etc. will also help and give you an idea of how they did something. -🙂-
w3schools is also good. Just start learning the basics, if else, functions, arrays etc. first, then move onto the more advanced stuff (classes, sql etc.).
Just start doing it ~lol~ that's what I did, once you get stuck with something google is always their, also, looking through the source code of scripts like phpBB, joomla, wordpress etc. will also help and give you an idea of how they did something. -🙂-
I found a lot of good tutorials at http://tutsbuzz.com (they're in the website development bit).
Haven't found any good sites that go through it properly though. Like from beginner to advanced.
Haven't found any good sites that go through it properly though. Like from beginner to advanced.
Van1lla ™ said:
A lot of you people really make me laugh about weird things.. first off you do UNDERSTAND that ASP and .NET is just for Windows servers and you DO REALIZE that Windows servers are rarer than Linux / Unix servers and cost more? Yeah, it is a language you should learn when working on Windows servers, but PHP is a must for Linux / Unix.
Anyways, to learn PHP, i just started with w3schools.com... they show basics and you just try to do it yourself. Also, you can just try to build simple little php codes and try to use them little by little, like others have mentioned.
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. I want to know more about it.
Thanks ~razz~
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. I want to know more about it.
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Really depends how you learn and what experience you already have with programming.
If you are already comfortable with languages such as VB, ASP, Perl and programming structures then PHP isn't that hard to learn as it's just a matter of remembering the syntax for the language. However if you've never programmed (and HTML/CSS is not programming) before than you're really going to have to start right at the bottom of the pile.
Another thing is how you learn. Some may prefer to read a book while others (like myself) prerfer to download some PHP code and find out how it works themselves.
If you are already comfortable with languages such as VB, ASP, Perl and programming structures then PHP isn't that hard to learn as it's just a matter of remembering the syntax for the language. However if you've never programmed (and HTML/CSS is not programming) before than you're really going to have to start right at the bottom of the pile.
Another thing is how you learn. Some may prefer to read a book while others (like myself) prerfer to download some PHP code and find out how it works themselves.
pandorasboxing
New Arrival
My best advice would be to learn by doing. If you need to do something for a website using PHP, that is how you learn. Using books etc are fine for a a few weeks but to solve real world problems just set yourself a task then learn how to do it using PHP.
This is much better than mindlessly going through a book from chapter 1 to 20 and you wont fall asleep.
You will need some form of reference to start with like a book if you have no programming experience at all but after a couple of months you can just use the php manual.
My other advice would be to use OO PHP with a framework like Zend as it saves time and you can reuse alot of things.
This is much better than mindlessly going through a book from chapter 1 to 20 and you wont fall asleep.
You will need some form of reference to start with like a book if you have no programming experience at all but after a couple of months you can just use the php manual.
My other advice would be to use OO PHP with a framework like Zend as it saves time and you can reuse alot of things.
Mikewastaken
Acquaintance
''Von said:
This man speaks the truth. If I forget some code these are the places I check in order.
1. W3schools
2. Tizag
3. PHP.net
http://w3schools.com is the best place, they have tutorials on lots of different languages including PHP.
icygangsta
Up-and-Coming Sensation
I say e-books.
I learn DBPRo, C++, and Ruby from e-books and w3schools ofcourse.
XHTML was just easy..don't need nothing for that
I learn DBPRo, C++, and Ruby from e-books and w3schools ofcourse.
XHTML was just easy..don't need nothing for that
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