PHP?

marlowec · #1 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 12:06 PM

i would like to learn how to use php. is there a place on the web where I can download code and read some tutorials? Thx...

jamal · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 12:50 PM

Sure there is!
First you should check out http://www.php.net
This is the official php site, and will tell you some basics.

I suggest that you visit these pages, they are very useful:
http://www.php.net/tut.php - this is a basic tutorial
http://www.php.net/links.php - this is an extremely list of links for php, including tutorials.

When you are comfortable with the basics you should explore the manual http://www..php.net/manual/en/

This is the way I learned PHP. A very good source for scripts is http://www.hotscripts.com

Hope this helps, and good luck, you're gonna have fun!

Yours,
Jamal

nick · #3 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 01:09 PM

http://www.phpbuilder.com is a good php information site....

elearning · #4 (**permalink**) 07-22-2003, 05:07 PM

I started by getting a 'free' account at a provider that gave PHP, but found that I couldn't do a lot there. So ended up getting hosting at a provider that was very inexpensive.

I visited the sites mentioned previously - HotScripts was really good since there are many FREE scripts there so you can view source code and see how things are done.

I also did a search on google for PHP, Learn PHP etc., and hit the top sites listed but also scrolled through to see what other sites offered.

Finally I joined a couple of great PHP forums...I'll post this later as I don't have the URL handy.

...also ask LOTS of questions! :-) The best way to learn.

Mohammed

jcmajewski · #5 (**permalink**) 07-23-2003, 03:09 PM

I would recommend downloading apache server from www.apache.org. Running php on your computer rather than a remote server makes building php faster and easier.

The installation can be tricky. You will also need to install the source code / binaries for php, which can be found at www.php.net.

I would recommend getting a book from the library on PHP. Most books on php make installation effortless.

andyholt · #6 (**permalink**) 07-23-2003, 09:43 PM

Hi

Quote:

I would recommend downloading apache server from www.apache.org. Running php on your computer rather than a remote server makes building php faster and easier.

If you are planning on setting up a server environment then take a look @ http://www.webdevtips.com/webdevtips...ff/index.shtml

I have written a set of guides for installing a home development server on a windows based pc - it includes..
- Links to download all the software
- Install Apache
- Install Perl
- Install PHP
- Install MySQL
- Enable SSI
- Install phpBB forum

I have it set up at home running full mirrors of my live sites - makes testing new stuff a bit less intimidating that doing it on a 'live' site/server

Hope that helps

Andy

PBITech · #7 (**permalink**) 07-24-2003, 12:24 AM

Hello PHP'rs

What he said. Yup! Andy. It may seem a little more indepth, but get the stuff set up on you machine, you'll be rockin in less time. Patients and determination.

By the way Andy, you have some <webdevtipts></webdevtipts> tags showing through on your pages, you may want to look into that (kidding!)))....

Jim

davebarnes · #8 (**permalink**) 07-26-2003, 06:14 PM

I too am just learning PHP (even though I know another server-side scripting language).

I have founf this site
http://www.bothrops.com/training/php/
to be useful.

It is not perfect as it has not been updated in awhile and there some small errors.

mpnev · #9 (**permalink**) 08-01-2003, 05:38 AM

I suggest: http://www.phpbeginners.com great for beginners

atdc98 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-22-2004, 06:55 PM

Hey, kids... http://www.phpfreaks.com is the best, IMO. I went there when I first started learning PHP. In two weeks, I was able to do what I sought to learn in the first place. No books, no other sites. Just lots of tutorials and code snippets. Granted, all I really use PHP for is database manipulation, but still...are there many other web-based applications? Well, besides formatting numbers and what not. But seriously, are there?

drew

mushroom · #11 (**permalink**) 06-23-2004, 01:39 AM

See http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=13315

AaronC · #12 (**permalink**) 06-23-2004, 01:48 PM

Funny, there's a thread about this that was recently revived from the dead... Yet it doesn't mention either of these, so...

There's a nifty 'all in one' package at:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

There's also one at:
http://apache2triad.sourceforge.net/

They are very straight-forward and free versions of Apache, MySQL and PHP... each with a windows version.
Took me 60 seconds to setup.