Looking to learn PHP. Anybody know any good free sources to help me learn? [free sources] [hey everyone]
Q: Hey everyone. I am not new to the concepts of programming as I have been particularly busy C + + (with some of the others thrown in) for 5 years now. Im looking for a PHP learning and the hardest part for me has begun. Does anyone have any resources they can share to help me get started?
Any help would be much appreiciated!
Best Answer: This is the program that I'm using right now. http://www.freewarefiles.com/TypeMe-Fast… It's really works, I started to use yesterday, and I'm already learn how to type without looking at the key board. However, I still type about 10-15 wpm, but that program really works. No kidding! It might takes you about 1 or 2 weeks to make it to make it 40wpm. The worst thing about this program is that it could be very stressful, that's the biggest foe. You could also check that website out for others programs. Typing is about using your instinct not where you think the key is.
Edit: If you keep practicing, you could go up to 100wpm or more. Those people usually works for the court.
Re:after you get the basics down of "how" to use the language, your absolute best resource is the manual. say you need to search through an array for something… a simple visit to www.php.net/array would bring you to the array page with a complete listing of thier functions. every function in the manual is available with something like www.php.net/in_array for quick references. also, use the user comments on the manual pages. often someone else has run into a similar problem and already created a workaround or explain how to fix it.
Re:Another good way to learn is to get something big already written in php and try to figure out what it's doing and start hacking it up when you are able (or before
).
I always reccomend phpbb (http://www.phpbb.com) cause that's how I learned. If you screw it up it's always really easy to reinstall and start over.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Check out this tutorial (http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp)
This is good too W3schools is very very helpful in almost everything web dev related
Re:Originally posted by: guy
IMHO PHP is a pretty easy language to learn if you have prior experience..
The official page (http://www.php.net/) is a good place to start.. there's a tutorial there too..
That's how I learned. Just keep at it and you will pick it up.
Re:Check out this tutorial (http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp)
Re:IMHO PHP is a pretty easy language to learn if you have prior experience..
The official page (http://www.php.net/) is a good place to start.. there's a tutorial there too..
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