Wanting to learn some HTML/PHP..
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well you shouldn't start php till you got a good understanding of everything in html and im guessing your going to want to know how to make php work with slq databases too.
so i would recommend this book
"Sams Teach Yourself PHP In 24Hours"
very use full it it will teach you all the basics than go right up to more advanced things like optimizing and securing your code and using it to interact with mysql
Ill have to see if i can find that nearby, theres a nice library nearby. Any online sites i can use also?
well a very good reference is http://www.php.net/ but not the best place to learn if you don't already know a language.
I know a fair bit of java, so PHP makes sense
Look up "Hard Codeing" its the well known name for HTML coding. Yes its a usefull skill to learn, but why not get adobe dreamweaver, it does it all for you. Its like the photoshop of coding
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dreamwheaver cant code php for you and it does a poor job at html and css.
and hard codeing refers to building the applications configurations into the compiled code so they cant be changed. which is not valid for php since php is a non compiled language
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that will really help than since you will have a good understating of logic for scripting.
in my experiences i found php to be most similar to C++ but and understating of any language will fast track things since the hardest part about programming is learning the logic and find creative ways to use it.
unlike java you will need to set up a server to test code with i would recommend making a LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, php) setup on extra machine or VM since i don't find windows to be too reliable when it come to web-servers.
hope the info helps i found the book very useful but you could also speak with spidey he's been at php much longer than me and might have some more resources for you.
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I already know html and basic php. The sites I used are:
http://www.w3schools.com/ and http://www.tizag.com/
w3schools has a better html tutorial while tizag has a better php tutorial. I'd alternate between them. However, if you need any help, just ask me on steam. I hope this helped!
http://www.w3schools.com/ and http://www.tizag.com/
w3schools has a better html tutorial while tizag has a better php tutorial. I'd alternate between them. However, if you need any help, just ask me on steam. I hope this helped!
What exactly do you want to do in PHP? I learn 99% of the PHP that I know just from thinking of something that I wanted to accomplish, and then going out and scouring forums until I found what I was looking for.
I built an entire content management system in PHP/MySQL just from stuff that I taught myself, and if I ever had any questions the people over at PHPFreaks.com were always there to help me out and get me the answers I was looking for.
Basically, set a goal, and then work from there. If you want to build a web page with a scrolling PHP banner, then just search google for PHP Banner, find someone that has one precompiled (with good comments), and then take it apart line by line and soak up everything that you learn.
That's how I learn at least.
http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php
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While Dreamweaver can't write code for you, as that would be completely impossible for any program to straight out write code for you, Dreamweaver was my program of choice when designing web pages. It keeps everything color coded, as well as keeps things tab'd correctly, etc. I currently use CS3 and it is an amazing program. I have tried out Microsoft Frontpage, as well as a few other programs, but Dreamweaver thus far has been the best program that I have used.
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The best way to learn any scripting/programming language is to practice the best reference point are going to be www.w3schools.com and www.php.net phpfreaks is a great place to ask questions regarding php.
Learning something like php is a tad useless unless you have a project in mind... Find something you want to do with it then learn it.
Learning something like php is a tad useless unless you have a project in mind... Find something you want to do with it then learn it.
yes to learn something you need to always keep in my what you want to accomplish with it if you want to make progress
