.:Nick:. Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Alright, I am a Website and Graphic designer... I am "fluent" in HTML and CSS but I've always wanted to learn PHP, but, every time i look a tutorials, I get a headache... lol. So, where would you recommend looking or starting at? I truly don't like W3Schools as it doesn't feel like a good learning environment to me... any suggestions? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135743-hey-i-got-a-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronister Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 When I attempted to start learning PHP, I too was struggling with grasping it. I went through many tutorials, books and sites. The tutorial that kinda turned the light bulb on for me was this one http://www.developer.com/lang/article.php/900521 It is well written, very easy to follow and covers things from a very basic point of view. Check it out and see if it helps out. I also recommend a book called "How to do everything with PHP & MySQL" by Vikram Vaswani. Also, this board is a great resource. Start writing some scripts and when you run into problems come back and visit Nate Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135743-hey-i-got-a-question/#findComment-707278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I used http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ for a while. Their site is easy to navigate, easy to read, and they typically have the exact example I am looking for. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135743-hey-i-got-a-question/#findComment-707309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueman378 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Tutorials are all good and well, IF you are the type of person who learns well from them. if the tutorials give you a headache then i would suggest what i did to start learning. come up with a simple project that you would like to do. eg a guestbook. break it down into the different parts you will need. --Mysql-- 1) Connect to mysql 2) Select from mysql 3) Insert to mysql 4) Update to mysql 5) Delete from mysql --PHP processing-- 1) show(echo) output from php 2) process a form. 3) validate the input now rather than following a massive tutorial you are simply learning little parts as you go. and it teaches you all the basics. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135743-hey-i-got-a-question/#findComment-707482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashishag67 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hey I suppose i can solve your problem.. I have recently started a new forum website called http://www.mysqlandphp.net.. This website will provide you from basic as to install php to beginning php... try it out.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135743-hey-i-got-a-question/#findComment-707573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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