Preserved Topic: Learning PHP (Page 1 of 1)

I wonder if there anyone knows a good homepage that has php tutorials, examples.
And if there are any free webhosts that support php

dont know of any specific yet, but i say read the first chapters of the manual!

[This message has been edited by me (edited 11-19-2001).]

I'm partial to
http://www.devshed.com

There's also
http://www.phpbuilder.com http://www.zend.com http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey

-jiblet

You can try some of these
http://www.phpbeginner.com/index.php http://phpdeveloper.org/ http://phphead.socket7.net/links.php http://devshed.com/ http://zend.com/


Hope these help.

:edit:
My fingers are too darn slow, jiblet's post wasn't there when I started typing
:/edit:

-Butcher-



[This message has been edited by butcher (edited 11-21-2001).]

Hah! Take that butcher's fingers!

-jiblet

Well thanx for the tips. I will surely check em out

if youre a nubi (like me)

and prefer the "learn by theaft" method

..and also preferably understand swedish
then www.idg.se/webstudio has a good tutor for beginners...

some "for dummies" (?) php coding examles can be found @
this ->php.linux.se place..

enjoy

-> .A. <-

[This message has been edited by Air (edited 11-27-2001).]

Hey I went through this not too long ago. This is what I did. Set my computer up to run as a server and then I didn't have to upload them and then test them, fix the problem..you get the picture.

Mr. Max pointed me to FirePages

Now I can practice PHP and Perl. Opting for PHP because it is a little easier for me.

I really haven't found any site besides the ones listed that had any info that I could use.

~Have fun!~

C:\

I will agree that the manual is the best way to learn. I think you should read the basics, then follow up with functions on strings. Then move into the mySQL portion so that you can learn databases.

From there you can do some pretty advanced applications.

Next read the rest.

There is no real reason to purchase a book on PHP.

After you get this spend some time breaking down other peoples code, that always helps.

Learn by theft method is awfully hard with Server Side stuff. At least via the VIEW CODE method.

There is a neat little book called PHP For the World Wide Web - A Visual Quickstart Guide by Larry Ullman that I used as the first jump into PHP. It's pretty well written, and gives a lot of examples. I'd recommend it. I also read Essential PHP For Web Professionals by Christopher Cosentino, which helps with using MySQL and PHP together.

I picked up a copy of PHP and MySQL Web Development a month or two back. It's helped clarify many things I either completly missed (`backticks` are way cool) or just didn't quite understand in the manual. However, the authours don't waste time holding your hand so some basic programming knowledge would help.

The only bad part of the book is the software installation and setup apendix is poorly written and rather vague.

Also, Hotscripts -> http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Tips_and_Tutorials/ has a heap of tutes in many different catogries.

Edit: Server's Broke, Sig ripped....

[This message has been edited by Dracusis (edited 12-02-2001).]

I have to second Dracusis's book recommendation. I'm reading it for the second time and still learning a lot from it.

Like Dracusis said, it's definitely not a book for beginers, but if you feel you know your way around a little bit, it's a regular treasure trove of information and learning opportunities!

The first book I got that I think is an excellent starting point for a beginner was Php Fast & Easy Web Development.

-Butcher-



[This message has been edited by butcher (edited 12-02-2001).]