Hi all! I need to learn PHP so I can help to create online databases with MySQL. I purchased the book "PHP and MySQL for Dummies" but it seems to flip flop a bit from subject to subject. I'm looking for good tutorials (or any resources really) on learning PHP. If you can offer suggestions, I would highly appreciate it! Thanks, Matt
There are several PHP tutorial sites mentioned here: PHP Tutorials I also recommend the book PHP4 a beginners guide to PHP (i believe thats it) but you are probably past that level.. Good luck!
I found the tutorial by Kevin Yank over a Sitepoint very useful when I was learning about mysql and php.
Simple reads on PHP & MySQL tutorials ... some a bit dated, but still applicable ... http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/programming/php/
The PHP Bible worked great for me. Got me from novice to advanced intermediate (not quite a Shawn yet) in 3 months.
Funny for me! I just read some newbie tutorials from newbienetwork, then start coding directly using the PHP manual (from php.net). I found that the manual is the best reference for me with some useful example too!
That is the book I also bought, but now I am stuck at some code which constantly keeps getting this error message: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in [my url] on line 35 line 35 is: INSERT bs_members ...but that is exactly what the book says for insertion of data in a table. It is really frustrating if you follow instruction to the letter.
You probably should have started a new thread for this question, but did you look and see if line 34 is missing a semi-colon at the end?
I do have the semi-colon, but still get the same error msg. It is really mysterious, because I see the INSERT [INTO] in many tutorials, yet it doesn't do it for me!