Learning PHP...

[peaches017]

I want to learn PHP over the summer

I bought a book on Amazon but I also want a nice online resource...

I want practical learning, not stuff that dreamweaver can just do for me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction with free, online, practical tutorials? And any other tips for learning the language?

Thanks!

 

[primacomputer]

I've always found php.net to be quite useful.

 

[Peter]

http://codewalkers.com/ is not bad

 

[abdulmueid]

I learnt my PHP from the following resources:

1. Absolute Beginners guide at zend.com. This is where I took off.

2. The PHP Manual. It is basically the whole reference manual that is available online at PHP.net including all the user-submitted info.

3. A book called PHP 5 Power Programming (ISBN : 0-13-147149-X ). It covers nearly all aspects of PHP 5 including the OO concepts. Also has good tips on how to write neat, understandable code etc. Very useful.

 

[admans]

I would also got with php.net , its the best online resource for PHP you can get with all questions and answers to all the codes, scripts, softwares using PHP.

Regards,

Admans.

 

[Dan]

I use php.net every day.

The book I have sits up on a corner of desk not being used.

The comments normally have exactly the script I want.

 

[James-A]

These are some nice sites to learn PHP check it.

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php

 

[monty]

php.net is the way to go, especially user input proves to be very helpfull.

best of luck!

-monty

 

[eli03]

php.net and a php community help me a lot with my php programming

 

[Morph]

I bought some videos to watch which are great.