Hello All,

I am learning PHP. I have been reading several tutorials and such but what I am wondering is this: is there a site that recomends simple project programs to practice your coding? Or can someone recommend a few programs I could write to get better. Kind of like learning it in school - after you learn it, you get an assignment to go practice it.


Thanks,
Dennis

woow.. that would be very useful!

i'm interested too... if someone knows any site of this kind... it would be very appreciated

Try making a chat. First make it so it records data in a file. THen after a while change it to a mysql database which will require you to know another language >_>

Then you will have to get a book on learning php and attend a course. That's the best way to learn since you will get assistance from instructors and they will perform assignments.

But when self learning (as I did) you will mostly have to rely on tutorial sites.
First get a glimpse what php is through one of those tuts out there. I'll recomend
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
Next start to write a simple code, don't panic if it doesn't work as you intend it to be. Trial and error make the best programmers.
I'll think adding the include function to a html/php page is the best first practical to get your hands on.

Something like this.


Next you may try something advanced.Try defining databases like this



Now you will be ready to write a simple news script. Try create a form and use a php script to process data and add to a database. Then another script to recall data. News scripts are the simplest scripts for beginners.

Last time for blasting.
You can write polls, email systems,rating systems or maybe forum scripts.
As I said before the key is Trial and Error


Well here are some more links.

http://www.php.net/tut.php the official one
http://www.gimpster.com/wiki/PhpTutorial
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/progra.../tutorial4.html
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Tips_and_Tutorials/
http://codewalkers.com/tutorials.php Here are the advanced stuff. You will find some great practical examples.
http://www.spoono.com/php/tutorials/
http://webreference.com/programming/php/

@Xenon

thanx for the links

oh my god, there's so many Englishes............
i didn't understand a word!!!!!
what could i do???
when i asked the programmer, the also gave me the URLs....
but i can't read.....

help...

THanks Dude Those sites are awsome i've been tryin to learn php for a while just couldnt find the right site

Learn C/C++ first
rewrite c/c++ code into php

take php manual with you always.

I think it's pretty easy to learn php as your first scripting language. Unlike others it has a "fun to code" type outcome and it's more friendly and easy to understand by looking at the code. C++ and Java all seems too complex and they are not easy to understand unless the coder left comments.

Starting your coding career in php is a good idea. All you need is a guide and plenty of practice. Then you can shift to something like c++ or java.