i am a newbie of php,only have a little programming experience , and familiar with html and css. if someone tell me to write a function in php, i almost don't know where to begin, i don't know how to change this.how shoud i do? thank you.
how to begin and improve?
this site has some really good comprehensive tutorials to review
learn to love the manual - A simple tutorial
I have found that nothing improves my PHP skills like a desire to accomplish something. Set a goal for yourself.
I wanted to write multiplayer games so I wrote a socket server in PHP (see the link in my signature). I have learned a lot by doing this.
Here you are few useful links
PHP Tutorials & Tips
PHP Tutorials
PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor
Just hang in there. Its taken me months & if you see some of the questions I'm asking I still don't know much. I'd suggest adding php to a site that you are working on since you know html/css, then slowly add. The tutorials are great, but the way I'm learning is just by getting my hands dirty & messing stuff up. Your in the right place, because these guys know there stuff.
Good Luck!