need lots of help, advise and training in php..

Heathen

Hello all,

im sorry to ask this cos its such a general beginner question...

ok for starters, i have built a few sites in html and a bit of php, but any php i use is just modifing code someone already scripted...

i have an idea for a new site and i really want to make it come to life...
i want to build the entire site in php using mySql Database. but i have no knollage (appart from a tiny bit of "hacking" code to add new things to my forums and stuff).
I thought myself HTML online just reading tutorials and lessons...
can you guys tell me if i can teach myself php... and what are good tutorials, projects and lessons are good, where online can i find tut's etc... :rolleyes:

i really feel lousey askin this cos it feels like just pure laziness that im not searching the net for these myself... but i am sick of finding nothing but pop-up's and ads on every site

the site i want to build will need..

members to be able to login to edit their accounts
a search function
catagorys (like if people had their address in dublin it would automaticly put them in the dublin catagory)
some other functions like that, i know they can be done in php, so i just want to know if a beginner can learn this much in a short time if they put their mind to it...

thanks all

Later
Macker

dangerman

php is extraordinarily easy to learn + very straight forward.

I've gone from knowing nothing about it to implementing the kind of features you mention above in a week or so.

Popups? Umm. Your using Firefox right? If not, download now before you continue so you never see another annoying popup.

Anyway, a nice little place to start is http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/programming/php/ - good old webmonkey has a couple of nice tutorials that will get you started.

There's a billion million links + tutorials on php around. Not to be mean, but if your too lazy to go find 'em, you won't learn php anytime soon.

Good luck.

Heathen

thanks dangerman !!

yea good ol webmonkey, thats where i started html

ah im not lazy, when i get into something i dont give up

thanks for the help. and nice engoraging insight into the ease... makes it feel a bit more dooable

anyone else with info/ help post up too

thanks again

Macker

talos

at DevShed

The Corinthian

This is a good beginners tutorial:

http://www.net-language.com/workshops/Default.asp?workshop=21

Also check out the articles on http://www.phpbuilder.com/

seamus

If you've only touched on SQL or databases, I'd advise looking for a primer on basic database design (sorry, I've no links). It really helps to make your scripts neater and easier to write if your database is neat and well structured.

Paulmee

The php website here has good resources
http://www.php.net

Also the php manual is a help-if a little long.
Its kinda a javadoc description of all the php functions/libraries etc
http://www.php.net/docs.php

If you have your own domain name, install phpmyadmin for editing/viewing your database
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/

Heathen

Thanks all i have apache and php running on my pc here locally and am running a few scripts to start off with. all the links are very helpfull thanks all.. im getting stuck into a few tut's now

Thanks again

Later
Macker