Hello; PHP MySQL newbie seeks new online stomping gound

Hello, I have been making basic HTML web sites for a few years and I am making the jump to MySQL and PHP. I'm looking for a freindly place to interact, ask questions, and ask for critiques of my attempts at php.

Last night I ordered from Amazon:
PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (2nd Edition)
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition (yeah, right)

Ever since I was a kid I have always liked interpreting statistics and finding patterns in data. I have studied demographics, macroeconomics, and stock market data. I like finding new data sets, and making them easier to understand. I like exposing data in a way that speaks for itself. Here's one such analysis: http://www.electionvid.com/taxbill.html#1, you may agree it is easier to interpret than the government's version (excel file). However, I feel limited by my coding skills.

I want to learn to program into websites the patterns and correlations I see in data. I want to present it in a way that is easy to understand, yet well documented (in an academic sense). I believe PHP and MySQL is the way to go,,, but I'm a total newb starting at zero.

 

You will learn alot from here. Welcome to DP

 

welcome

i'm an ASP person, not PHP, but good luck with that

there are some great web design and marketing tips here, you'll like it, and soon you'll be addicted like me

 

welcome. i'm impressed that you've been interested in databases since you were a kid! i lost interest after i started learning computer science, lol

 

Thanks songsmadeforyou, but actually I meant I like statistics not databases.

 

welcome to DP
here many coders are their
you can learn with them