Want to learn PHP

Can we learn PHP without going to a formal college or institution ?
What I mean is there are so many videos and tutorials available on the net. Is it enough or you should be going to some school or something to be really efficient.

 

yes u can, but if u don't have any programming language experience before, then it may be hard at first....

 

Sure it's possible ( from my point of view, it's even better if you learn it at home ). Get some tutorials and start reading

 

i am in your shoes too now amd i am using video tutorials and books then php.net the offial php site is good too for more avanced examples

 

can any one suggest me, from which site i can get video or tutorials for learing PHP.

 

Better to use text based tutorials - tizag.com, w3school, etc. If you want to know why you should not learn it from video tutorials, I have a simple answer - because you will not use your brains .. you will simply do the same ! Instead if you will use text, you will need to figure out how to get it running

 

I suggest you to learn by practice
Here's a tip how I started : I got a project in mind and I searched for needs
If you'll just read tutorials your head will reject them in the second day

 

Yes, it's certainly possible. There are plently of tutorials and resources around. Just get a free/localhost setup and play around with the code - that is how I taught myself. There are also a lot of books that will help you if you don't mind spending some money. Some websites to help you along: WebQurk's PHP tutorials TizTag's php tuts and http://w3schools.com/php/default.asp

 

Yes, you can. If you know any other programming language, it will be pretty easy. I have learnt the same way. I suggest you to use php.net manual.

 

You can learn programming language by yourself, but much helpful if you have previous background so it would be easier understanding the flow.Try this one

 

there are many tutorials available online freely, incluidng video and text format.

www.w3schools.com - for beginners.
www.php.net

youtube also have many videos on php. in the begining it will be hard but don't get disheart and keep trying. One day u will nor just learn u can also be a php guru.

 

Google PHP Basic tutorial and go to php.net this should be enough . Download basic program and try to run those . These way i learned PHP

 

how much time will it take approx to learn the basics atleast??

 

The basics will come pretty fast, just remember programming works like life its all about logic one step after another. sequence, selection and repetition learn these and you will understand not only PHP my every other OO language out there... its just the syntax that buggers me up.

 

Go to amazon or your book store and pick up the "PHP Bible".

and use php.net as a backup reference.

You'll thank me later

 

for you better understanding you should get php manual.

 

but the PHP.net manual is so huge. It scares the hell out of me

 

Learn in w3schools.com
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I was able to learn html and css online but I have had a much more difficult time learning php. especially how to connect to mysql database and the likes. I think most of the tutorials lack practical examples.

 

I'll agree with you on that SEOVICE, while I was learning PHP basics all the examples i found were over complex and difficult to understand. They all lacked userbility and simplicity, two things that are vital when learning. I think if I could advise a method of learning, it would be to buy a referance guide with examples and then use those examples to develop somthing practical, I developed an all singing all dancing CMS. Then moved onto more detailed and complex things.