I want to learn PHP?

[me4you]

I thought programming is not for me, but finally i decidate that i wana learn PHP. but i dont have any resource. how can i start?

pls give me what is the main parts and how can i start..where i can get ebooks any suggations ..or links ..


thnks;)

[ansi]

www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp and www.php.net/gettingstarted are great beginning points. after that i would suggest maybe browsing amazon.com if you're still interested and picking up a book or two. good luck with your adventure, ansi.

[dcole07]

I love PHP!

I was looking over Linux news and saw this site that teaches in pictures, and it had php... so try this link: http://inpics.net/phpbasics.html

I really haven't gone through the site yet... so I can't say it's good.

other wise there is: http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

[jakomo]

Hello,
First start learning beginning things like hello word, and download this software to start www.easyphp.org/ :)

[coderbari]

if u have primary knowledge on programming then it is a big plus.

[InFloW]

As jakomo said grab easyphp.org it's a very nice program that makes manging apache, php, mysql on a windows machine very easy.

Next I'd say find a book whether it's an e-book or a store. The reason I say this is because it sounds like you don't have very much of a programming background. I'd make use of php.net it's great for references on functions and other ways to do things if the function does not work the way you thought.

Just my 2 cents I had learned PHP ages ago when PHP3 was standard and a book sure did help. Of course now it's much easier to find tutorials and things of that nature so it may not even be needed. One tip though make sure the tutorials are recent so they use the best practices. Old books and tutorials make use of register_globals which is pretty bad to be doing these days.

[*louie*]

Also you could start collecting few books for PHP.
Wrox.com has a very good selection. They are always handy.

[ansi]

As jakomo said grab easyphp.org it's a very nice program that makes manging apache, php, mysql on a windows machine very easy.

Next I'd say find a book whether it's an e-book or a store. The reason I say this is because it sounds like you don't have very much of a programming background. I'd make use of php.net it's great for references on functions and other ways to do things if the function does not work the way you thought.

Just my 2 cents I had learned PHP ages ago when PHP3 was standard and a book sure did help. Of course now it's much easier to find tutorials and things of that nature so it may not even be needed. One tip though make sure the tutorials are recent so they use the best practices. Old books and tutorials make use of register_globals which is pretty bad to be doing these days.

say bye bye to register globals. all these lazy coders are going to have to learn to code all over again in php6 :)

[InFloW]

say bye bye to register globals. all these lazy coders are going to have to learn to code all over again in php6 :)

Ahh don't get me started about register_globals I've seen billing systems try to justify their use saying if you're good it shouldn't matter. It just seems people like to play with fire.

[ansi]

well hopefully we can instill good coding practices in me4you before he even gets started :)

[coderbari]

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and
<?php
echo 'hello world';
?>
everyone should start with these codes :D

[ansi]

either way, you should definitely take interest in the php manual. www.php.net/manual/