m0rpheu5 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I am a web designer by nature, I have a very strong grasp of xhtml and css. I am having a lot of difficulty learning php as I cannot get my head around some of the concepts. What are your suggestions of how to step out of my comfortability with design and delve into programming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffin Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 1) Dun think its xhtml or css, as they are 100's of ways of doing things with programming. if u know some concepts of programming (basic, c, lua) than its just a matter of learning syntax, functions, structure (which can be grasped from tons of scripts already available (I started with tbdev.net Open Source torrent tracker). if you dunno anything about programming, than ya want to use them tutorials, some do offer good projects (I love projects where I get to see something working). like guest books, counters (simple projects, dun jump into cms's just yet). Than just continue to advance into other projects/tutorials. And if ya run into problems, plenty of ppl here at phpfreaks to give ya a ideas methods, sample code. Yeah, phpfreaks is one of my favorite places, I learn some new things which is good, which is one of reasons I stay... And dun forget a good book on php functions, or just use php.net to lookup the various functions (It surprises me the functions in php) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix~Fire Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I use the .chm documentation from php.net ALL THE TIME... it's pretty awesome... Google "beginners guide to PHP" or something similar, google is your friend. HTML and such languages aren't really... programming.. in my books... well, no more than writing a sentence is programming. So yea start by forgetting everything you think you know and go from there. I might be able to find you lessons if you're interested, just IM me. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffin Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 if yer using IM, a good place to share code is pastebin As ppl can join in and update the code snippets. its another great tool, besides Beautify yer Code Cuz no one likes messy code (It hurts brains) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix~Fire Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I love the pretty printer link!! that's pretty sweet... it could come in handy not that MY code's messy... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffin Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Yeah, it does come in handy, especially when yer looking at other ppls code proper indentation, leads to finding them missing {} which is a common problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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