Iron_Druid

I really appreciate you for your kind replies. I think I should try to experiment with other people's code and browsing the phpfreaks.com forum. Thanks a lot Cheers, Druid

[quote author=hackerkts link=topic=101779.msg403095#msg403095 date=1153827535] Start your own project, for me the very first project I did was clone http://www.getlivemessenger.com/ The most imporatant is the php part. Practice make perfect. [/quote] Well I did not understand you "clone" point. Could you be more specific. Yes, practice is the path to improve myself but I need a little help here (where should I start practicing ? ) Cheers Druid

I am a beginner to programming and I need some sort of guidence. I've read  "PHP 5 for Dummies" book and I am going to reread it in order to refresh some things. What is my next step to improve myself as a PHP programmer ? I have code just 2 programms: First one: The Resolver [code] <?php $ip = gethostbyname($host); echo  "<form action='ip.php' method='POST'>\n   <input type='text' name='host'>\n   <input type='submit' value='Resolve'>\n   </form>\n"; if ($ip != $host)     echo "The IP address for <i>$host</i> is <i>$ip</i>."; else     echo "Please enter a valid hostname or domain name<i>$host</i>."; ?> [/code] and the seconds: Sheepcounter [code] <?php $number =0; $counter =0; $testvar ="true"; while ($testvar != "false") {   $sum= $number + $counter;   $sheep_number = number_format($sum);   echo " $sheep_number  sheeps\n";   $counter++; } ?> [/code] What is my next step to improve myself ? Cheers, Druid