I want to learn PHP , please help

Hey all,

I want to start learning php.
I am not a coder and never coded. I want to learn php now.

As i said, i never coded. I need some beginner/basic stuffs, then gradually moving to advanced.


Please help...
what books are good?
on what sites i can learn/?
plase help
thanks

 

I also started learning PHP from few days! I experienced W3CSchools is great source of learning basics but i prefer you to learn basic C languages that helps you to establish some programming concepts then PHP learning becomes easy

 

jezzz thanks, but i don't have time for c wat to do?

 

http://www.w3schools.com is the best tutorial for the basic and Advance PHP Learning and through http://www.w3schools.com it's not much time consuming.......

 

php is not enough to start work and earn money, you should learn how to develop plugins for Open sourc board, that's really profit thing.

 

yes w3schools.com is very best

 

Buy one of the Sitepoint tutorials. They're easy and very insturctive

 

Start with the basics. actually i also learn the PHP from w3schools.com but i have the strong command on c++ so i prefer first you learn the c++, just the basics and OOP and then move to PHP. also read this great article about PHP http://www.ataaso.com/top-10-php-techniques-that-will-save-you-time.html

 

I agree about w3schools.com. It's a great website...

 

Hi, Here is the collections of best Php tutorials, programming books to learn php.

 

any other video base website...which i use for learn basic...

 

the book PHP in easy steps is great

 

I think C++ is more difficult then PHP to learn. Why do you prefer to learn it first?

 

PHP is the programming concept for developing websites ,, for learning php you should have clear programming concepts first , then you can start programming in PHP , there is many books are available for basic knowledge of programming.

 

There are some really good video tutorials available at lynda.com. I found them very helpful when I started php

 

when you've learned the basics of php, begin to learn on an MVC environment, such as cakephp

 

first, learn how to set up a local server with php enabled. then get as many as php snippet you can find then go to php manual to know what's it doing. in few days you'll know how to code some cool basic php script

 

I think if there's one thing to keep in mind when you're learning a programming language for the first time is that you need to get an idea of the structure of the thing, and how it works. A PHP file can be executed and then return HTML dynamically, and follows a certain structure. Learn the fundamentals, and try not to get caught up too much in the specifics of what individual functions do. I think you'll find that once you've learned one programming language you'll realise this and learning new languages becomes more natural .

 

i think you should learn HTML and css before starting php

 

i suggest you to understand HTML/XHTML and javascript first