Hi, I studied C during my collage days and also finished PHP/MYSQL topics from w3schools. I'm now confident that I know what is integers, loops, etc. Now I want implement whatever I have learnt in creating a website. Could anyone here suggest what should be my next step because at w3school and at other website we just learn these terms but don't work on actual sites. Much appreciated. Thanks in advance Archc
Are you testing these on a linux hosted website? If not you can download php for the PC (so no need for web hosting).
Think of a website you want to build, and go ahead and build it. It's going to be pretty ugly, and you're going to get stuck often, but you'll learn a lot. Once you've finished the website, try to analyse how you could have done it more effectively, maybe share your code around and ask for feedback, so that your second website is better. If you continue and repeat, after a while you'll get it all downpat.
Thanks Alex & Kevin but I still didn't my answer. Kevin, I want use local host as of now. Alex, I know if I do this kind of activity, I would learn alot but can you imagine if a guy who finished php/mysql tutorial just from w3school would have such level of understanding that he/she can build a website? I want someone who can guide me to start with some basic stuff Anyone who finished courses from w3 isn't efficient to build a complete website. Anyone else has any suggestion?
Get the book PHP & MySQL Novice to Ninja from Sitepoint and work through the sample site. It is a new book and will teach you the newer PHP development methods. Once you have re-created the site using PHP you should move on to CSS and styling and then jQuery.