Hello everyone, I am quite new to PHP Programming and need someone's guidance. I want to be a good php programmer so I need to know what are the basic steps to become a good programmer.
Hi, Well i don't think you will be a good programmer, a good programmer did use search machines to give them answers and if they could not find it ask it online but also state what they have did and did not! Hope you'll use search engines much more!
My advise would be to learn object orientated programming and/or learn using a framework such as Code Igniter. I learnt PHP which is a scripting language, not a programming language (source: http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php) procedural and am currently trying to get my head around object orientated and having a hard time with it. Everybody learns differently so it really depends on your style of learning as to whether you start off with a hello world application or a fully pledged house blueprint tutorial (I hate the house blueprint tutorial, and the car tutorial). My learning style is to think of an application that I would use in the real world such as a blog or something that connects to a database and take it from there. It will take you a long time to master PHP, I've been learning for 3+ years on and off and still haven't mastered it. It changes all the time and new standards replace old standards, so it's about keeping up-to-date with modern standards as is anything web related.