Hello everyone. I am interested in learning PHP as i already work with HTML and CSS and i think PHP would be a nice addition to the skillset. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a book for a total PHP noob. PDF books are welcome but if anyone knows a title of a real book i would prefer that since it gets me away from the monitor and i find them somewhat more coherent then online books. I have found some books online but all of them presume that i have some starting knowhow about PHP which i do not so i would like something that takes you from 0 explaining what is what before actually starting with examples.
W3schools(.)com is the best platform to learn PHP. I am already trying this to learn HTML. hope it'll help you out.
Nice i have seen that site around while searching for some html and css stuff but had no idea they had php stuff too. Cheers
You are on the right way. W3schools is the best , I have collected so much tutorial from mine. Now I'm doing practice.
You should try the video tutorials from lynda.com they are really good, and start with basics up to advanced.
One of the better sites I've seen that is not w3schools is tizag.com. It has more practical examples and gets you into php faster if you have any sort of background in c-based programming languages. I will say that it is definitely not as detailed as w3schools however.
I learnt PHP by scrolling through the PHP manual looking at what functions were available at the examples provided and the comments. Then using the functions I made something, started off being really random stuff but then I refined my skill and started developing proper scripts. http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/
Will i was a noob of PHP quite a few months ago and now within only 3 to 4 months i know alot about PHP, This guy knows what he is talking about and does his job will. http://phpacademy.org is a place to learn!
i ALSO do tutorials but had to stop becuase of my lack of access to my home internet connection and my workplace blocks almost everything including youtube.
remember that algorithm important than programming language . u shout learn about algorithm before try to code
definitely don't recommend w3school, they often have incorrect info, even though they are beginner friendly. Tizag is a reliable source, but not very good for learning IMO. phpacademy is best suited for learning purposes, then you can use php.net for reference. They have great examples and community comments in every page.
I'm not a PHP expert but have developed custom web sites using my own MVC design and a front controller pattern. (stanmoremx.com.au and superfreestylemotocross.com). The latter also makes use of the Zend framework. I generally just search for examples on what I'm trying do such as string functions, regex searches and array processing etc. You'll need to decide whether you want to use PHP as an object oriented or procedural language. There are a heap of applications written in PHP such as wordpress and drupal which are live examples of how to write web applications using PHP. Drupal even has a quickstart iso with everything you need to start debugging the drupal application and see how it works.
I really like the video training from vtc Access to full courses cost $30 a month - but you can get the first 25 lessons for free, which will give you a great start. I have lots of PHP books, but when I got started found this video course much easier and quicker to learn
I like killerphp.com - along with VTC. You can also preview a lot of regular books by going to http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/ - if you know anyone in college or if you are in college you can probably access the whole site for free.