best way for beginner to learn PHP

[tyr]

I just started this weekend to learn PHP. I would appreciate any advice on what is the best way/resources to learn PHP. thanks

[vincery]

Google through the net and use the following possible keywords:

PHP tutorial online
PHP tutorial
*Learn PHP online

Or you may download internet file sharing software like imesh, kazaa, etc. and use it to download E-books
about PHP programming.

Some online resources for PHP:
www.php.net/tut.php
www.clockwatchers.com/php_main.html
www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials.php
www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

You can try them right now.

[two40]

hi tyr, another newb here. so far the best way, imho, to learn php is to pickup a book like a 'Sams Teach Yourself' and go through it. at the same time pick up a project or two that has lots of bugs and have a ball. i'm playing around with oscommerce and let me tell you, it has plenty of small bugs.

cheers

[mellow]

Another newbie here.

I like zend.com for tutorials and also
codewalkers.com is a great place.. Good Luck

[Simon_Hartley]

My Advice:

Work through the PHP manual http://uk.php.net/docs.php and master the language reference section.

Explore the functions listed in the function reference section.

Use the manual as your core resource and supplement this material with online tutorials in a given area of PHP you are interested in/trying to understand.

To speed things up setup a server locally (on your machine) Plenty of tutorials on how to do this... use google.

Sams Teach Yourself & Wrox Beginning PHP are good PHP beginners books.

[tyr]

cool, thx for all these resources. having trouble finding a tutorial for setting up a local server though.

tyr

[two40]

the easiest way is to download a AMP (Apache/mySQL/PHP) package. start with a search on google for 'easyPHP'

cheers

[two40]

here you go tyr

http://www.easyphp.org/

it really is what it says it is, easy 😉