Could anyone point me in the direction of a good place/way to learn the basics of PHP?
How did 'you' learn it? book? course? website?
it's all about having a photographic memory and being able absorb information isn't it? something that I fear slips away from me as each year goes on.....
Cheersall the programming all pretty much the same. You first have to understand the concepts then have a book ready for reference. I don't have a good memory so I have lots of reference books around.
But I gotta learn PHP myself, my advice is from other programming experiences. PHP should be no different.Download code and play with it. read the manual at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.php.net">www.php.net</a><!-- w --> and then just make some small scritps.
easy ones like gustbooks and email sender. but just playing around with the code is a good way to learn it.I found that I was really bad at programming and grasping basic concepts for years, but then I actually took two java courses in University a few years back and ever since then picking up new languages has not been much of a problem with the help of a book or online resources. Like sharkyjay said you need to understand the concepts. Some people can pick up these on their own, and others like me need a nudge.
I would say see how well you do on your own(web), and if nothing is clicking try a book. If nothing is clicking after that then maybe an intro to programming course would do the trick. PHP is pretty easy compared to others though.Sometimes asking someone to explain a concept can make it very obvious. Yes school might help if you are new to programming.
How did 'you' learn it? book? course? website?
it's all about having a photographic memory and being able absorb information isn't it? something that I fear slips away from me as each year goes on.....
Cheersall the programming all pretty much the same. You first have to understand the concepts then have a book ready for reference. I don't have a good memory so I have lots of reference books around.
But I gotta learn PHP myself, my advice is from other programming experiences. PHP should be no different.Download code and play with it. read the manual at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.php.net">www.php.net</a><!-- w --> and then just make some small scritps.
easy ones like gustbooks and email sender. but just playing around with the code is a good way to learn it.I found that I was really bad at programming and grasping basic concepts for years, but then I actually took two java courses in University a few years back and ever since then picking up new languages has not been much of a problem with the help of a book or online resources. Like sharkyjay said you need to understand the concepts. Some people can pick up these on their own, and others like me need a nudge.
I would say see how well you do on your own(web), and if nothing is clicking try a book. If nothing is clicking after that then maybe an intro to programming course would do the trick. PHP is pretty easy compared to others though.Sometimes asking someone to explain a concept can make it very obvious. Yes school might help if you are new to programming.