[earth]

These 2 links help me a lot: 1.Short php tutorial by Parham (great for smf users) http://www.simplemachines.org/commun...php?board=41.0 you can write board=41.0;wap (for wml based mobile browsers- same for this forum) or ...41.0;wap2 (html browsers - same for this forum: ...smfusers.com/?wap2 or ....com/?wap) 2.Online documentation and Manual from http://php.net Good luck ;)

[Jamie]

I already started a resources link in the PHP forum - http://smfusers.com/index.php/topic,326.0.html. This would be better suited there.

Jamie

i learned php form a book :) i definatly learned alot form it.

[Jamie]

I taught myself php from internet resources mostly. I do have a book here which acts more of a referance than a teaching aid, although most of the time I will use php.net for a referance if I am activly developing.

Jamie

[Lady Ambrosia]

Originally Posted by Jamie

I taught myself php from internet resources mostly. I do have a book here which acts more of a referance than a teaching aid, although most of the time I will use php.net for a referance if I am activly developing.

Jamie

Hmm, sounds like what I did when I first started coding, I taught myself how to do HTML, Java, CSS, and some PHP (PHP and I fight a lot though). I did a search on the web to find what I needed to learn, I honestly have to say that it helped me more doing my own research than using a book. But lordy don't ask me teach you what I know, because I can't do it...LOL

[Jamie]

lol.

http://www.w3schools.com taught me the basics of XHTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. And it is a good referance all round for web based stuff.

Doing your own research is a better if more annoying way of learning. Some things are quite easy to find, others like modular DTD are a nightmare. Me and a friend once spend hours working out how to modularise DTD by examining XHTML DTD. Took us a while but we figured it out. And far more satisfying than reading it in a book.

Jamie

the book i read was hph for dummies as im a dummie roflmao... and that was a long time ago now lol about 2 years ago

[Jamie]

lol.

The problem with most book I find is that they go about things in thw wrong order. Coders like to see results and most programming books will often teach alot of theory without putting it into something the coder can look at and go....I created that.

For example, many php books teach variables, loops and data types without touching apon echo. If echo was taught first and then implemented in later tutorials then the coder would have a much better understanding.

Jamie

but seriusly.. who the hell doesnt know about echo when they go into php coding.. its like the law rofl

[3cellhosting]

I found that SAMs 24 hour guide for PHP, MySQL and Apache was laid out well for a newcomer but I'm afraid I am not that disciplined :-[

The Visual QuickPro book for PHP and MySQL was also good.

I find that I often look at code others have made and then use the books to decipher it and then consider how I can 'amend' it for my needs.

I really could do with a good hands on course in a classroom environment - save me from getting distracted ;D

Regards

David