PHP learner?

i am a newbie i want to learn PHP right from the basics.suggest some websites and tutorials and more.i am eager to learn soon. online and e-books are good for me.suggest some books too.

THANKS IN ADVANCE !

 

Try this http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

 

rule #1: all the computerbooks that aren't heavy on math are outdated real quickly.
but if you absolutely want books then check oreilly.com, they make the best.

imo it's more practical to just think of a simple project to do, figure out how to make it, then move on to slightly more complicated project.
There's much to learn, from js to php to sql, from gimp to css. Best to eat bits of each in simple projects..

for php docs, i just use the searchbar at the top of php.net

 

When I started learning PHP, I started downloading examples/reading tutorials of simple stuff like a tagwall/guestbook, there I got knowledge about MySQL and basic PHP. Then I wanted to make a login script to know about sessions etc.

After that, I just worked on bigger and bigger system. Now I work as a freelance programmer

 

Thanks rene7705:

But suggest some online tutorials.and e books available on net.

 

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/php/basics There you go

 

Very true. Learn by getting your hands dirty. Modify the code and see what happens.

Also, consult the PHP manual (get it at http://php.net) the best reference for all the built-in PHP functions.

Good luck!

 

I am also learning PHP and MySQL. All I do is pick something to do and google the hell out of it till you find a tutorial you can understand and before you know it you will start understand more and more of it. Also picked up "PHP and MySQL For Dynamic Web Sites" by Larry Ullman from amazon used for $5 and its in great shape. Pretty good book to get you understanding things, but its a bit out dated.

 

thank you rob7676..
But i am looking for some video tutorials too .because i read e books .it good to go video tutorials i think
Can any one list me where can i find best video tutorials!

 

I used to download the CHM(windows help) file from www.php.net (look under downloads).

This was quite nice, have it opened, and when you need to perform a function just quickly search in the help file for the functions your looking for.

 

The w3 schools link above is one of the best for basics,

I found this site on a search on google so maybe have a look at it, http://www.beginnersphp.co.uk/

The best way is to get stuck in, get php hosting and play around! That's where I've learnt everything from.

 

Be sure if you are gonna buy a book that it is recently. If it is two years old I will suggest you to buy an other book. The inernet evolution is going very fast. So it is an better idea to read many up to date tutorials

 

Tizag has a really nice and useful tutorial

And of course, www.php.net is setup very nicely, you can easily find what a function does and how you use it by adding the function name to the end of the url, like want to lookup file_get_contents? www.php.net/file_get_contents

 

If you are starting the best place to go is the official PHP website. They're begginers tutorial is excelent! Really!!! Go to documentation and try the tutorial. But don't read only. You have to type all the code and put it to work, so you can see what happens. Try to do modifications in the examples just to see what happens. This is the best way to learn, in my opinion.

 

Did you search the forum prior to posting the question? This question has been asked numerous times by others with the same responses.

 

i thank you gals and guys for helping me

and new replies are also invited.

thanks!

 

If you want some video tutorials try http://phpvideotutorials.com/

 

Thanks to all I'm also learning php. It is interesting.