Best Php tutorial?

[silveraden]

can anyone tell me the best site for php tutorial for beginners?

Add html too..

Thanks

 

[wisdomtool]

You may want to try

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP

 

[silveraden]

Thank you... I will navigate the site

 

[Daniel]

www.tizag.com
www.w3schools.com/php
www.php.net (your best resource after learning)
http://php.net/tut.php
www.php-mysql-tutorial.com
www.goodphptutorials.com

 

[silveraden]

I don't have any formal schooling about programming...do you think it's possible for me to learn by myself?

 

[Daniel]

Definitely.

I've learned easily enough via the Internet and all classes near me are horribly over priced. ($800 for 20 hrs... that works to $40/hr, with 30 students per class is $1200/hr they're making off us!)

A good suggestion is get a nice PHP tool that helps you develop, it's worth it's weight in gold. Especially if it has a 'beautify' button!

I would recommend www.phpdesigner.dk - It has a trial if you need to test it.

Dan.

 

[silveraden]

I tried using coffeecup editor before but my trial has expired...I amplanning tocontinue self study.. howlong doyou think will it take before I can create a simple scripted site?

 

[itnashvillecom]

I usually recommend "php for dummies". It is a quick and BS free book. Then just go from there. It teaches the basics "the right way". Then work up to cookbooks, xml, regex, etc. But a firm foundation is most important.

 

[silveraden]

I usually recommend "php for dummies". It is a quick and BS free book. Then just go from there. It teaches the basics "the right way". Then work up to cookbooks, xml, regex, etc. But a firm foundation is most important.

Is it free?

Thanks

 

[itnashvillecom]

Nope, is cheap though. You can freely download the E-Book from Mininova.Org using bittorrent. Make sure to get php5 though.

 

[Daniel]

I would recommend against 'PHP for Dummies' (especially via Bittorrent.) - I had a flick through it at my local bookstore and it seemed to teach fairly bad standards.

I looked through just a chapter or two and saw continous references to arrays like so:
$array[key] and (from what I read) didn't mention data validation at all.

Dan