I want to learn PHP... HELP.

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    What would be my first steps to learn PHP?... Please Help!
     
    lilie333, Mar 21, 2010 IP
  2. JAY6390

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    Hello Lilie,

    Books on PHP like PHP for dummies could be of help.

    I would be willing to help you learn.

    The first steps on getting a handle on things is understanding the syntax of standard commands .

    DO you have any programming background?

    Understand that PHP is a server side language.

    So this means:

    
<?php
echo  "<center><font face=\"Tahoma\">HELLO</font></center>";
?>
    Code (markup):
    Would produce rendered html only. You would not see the "echo" command.

    So you can break in php any where you want on the page:

    
<?php 
$mytitle="Page title";
?>
<head>
<title>Hello this is my <? echo $mytitle ?> for this web site</title>";
</head>
    Code (markup):
    If you ask some questions I would be more then happy to answer and assist.
     
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    w3schools.com << best way to learn php :)
     
    inversehost, Mar 21, 2010 IP
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    Converse & Park's PHP5 and MySQL Bible is an incredibly useful resource. It takes you from the very very basics through building a fully-featured site using PHP/MySQL. Tons of reference material and online examples that go with the book.


    Frank
     
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    Orielly has some good books on PHP. I suggest you start there and work your way into OOP and the design patterns associated with OOP.
     
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    Let me tell you how i had learn PHP. I took a php project then first learned How to print a word By PHP.
    After that still i am learning PHP.

    Start work.. then check the internet for any problem you face in PHP. My Respect to those guies who share there knowledge in website
     
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    I'm more of a book man myself, and I would recommend the visual quickstart pro series for learning PHP, but aside from that, another good source would be:

    http://www.tizag.com
     
    Grit., Mar 22, 2010 IP
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    FCM Well-Known Member

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    Well, a great place to start is PHPVIDEOTUTORIALS.com as mentioned above.

    I'm also shocked that no one didn't mention Lynda.com another great resource to learn, well, everything.
     
    FCM, Mar 23, 2010 IP
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    To learn PHP you need to follow any PHP book or site . its very easy language and it is based on C. if you know how to work on C. it will be very easy for you.



    go and start ............ :)
     
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    Build something :) I find throwing yourself in at the deep end normally works best :)
     
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    Too true. Have you ever programmed before? I could probably give you some help by email.
     
    mattinblack, Mar 23, 2010 IP
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    Hi Lilie.
    I think you should start learning php with php tutorials
     
    Last edited: Apr 14, 2010
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    if you never programmed before you should try to learn programming basics using languages like c or c++
     
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    killerphp.com has great tutorials
     
    amaroks, Apr 17, 2010 IP
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    would love to pick up on a bit more of this too...if I ever find time!
     
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    how hard is it to incorporate php into a css design,I have a css design and want to convert to wp so that I can use wp seo program,is this possible
     
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    Working with CSS and php is the samething as working with XHTML/CSS.
     
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