PHP For Newbies

[Skhilled]

I finally pulled out my PHP Bible book and have been going over it...although it is for php 4. 

Spent yesterday and today reading it. So, I decided to see what websites where available for teaching php. In my travels I found this part of the Dev Zone site that is well organized and explains things in a very basic manner:

PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner

I learned BASIC, FoxPro, DOS, and a few other things along those lines many years ago but have not tried programming since. Learning those languages gave me a basic understanding of programming, in general...variables, conditional statements, functions, etc. So far, php has not been too hard to pick up on but I just started and that may change when I start learning the harder stuff. 

Any tips on learning would be most helpful.

[Underdog]

I finally pulled out my PHP Bible book and have been going over it...although it is for php 4. 

Spent yesterday and today reading it. So, I decided to see what websites where available for teaching php. In my travels I found this part of the Dev Zone site that is well organized and explains things in a very basic manner:

PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner

I learned BASIC, FoxPro, DOS, and a few other things along those lines many years ago but have not tried programming since. Learning those languages gave me a basic understanding of programming, in general...variables, conditional statements, functions, etc. So far, php has not been too hard to pick up on but I just started and that may change when I start learning the harder stuff. 

Any tips on learning would be most helpful.

Some useful tips:

• w3schools is a very good site to look up basic code & which browsers html syntax will work with
• www.php.net is another great site to look for needed syntax
• dynamic drive forum is great for lengthy needed javascript subroutines
• If necessary, ask for assistance on forums like this one when you are stuck
• When in doubt, simply google up to 3 or 4 words/commands pertaining to your coding problem & look for links especially to the above noted sites
• Reuse subroutines that you figure might be useful for other applications so you do not have to rewrite similar code over again (change function names though)

.. when I think of some more tips I will post them! 

[Skhilled]

Good tips. I've been to those sites over the years but not lately. Reusing subroutines is something I learned long ago with FoxPro. I used to have a few floppies with saved subroutines and functions. I still have copies of FoxPro in my attic as well as copies of MS Access 1.0, DOS 6, etc.

[Skhilled]

Found this one today:

https://www.drumbeat.org/en-US/projects/school-of-webcraft/description/