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can anyone from england please tell me from what store to get a good php book and also which in your opinion is the best book. I know many have said its not that good learning from books but i just want a good solid one for reference while im maybe browsing other sites or working on my own site. Thanks.... read more.
I had a book called SAMS Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours. It did not teach me PHP in 24 hours, but I did learn some cool functions with the book. Whatever concept the book did a poor job of explaining, I looked it up on php.net
Of course, you can't really learn a programming language if you don't see a PHP script or the code in action, so I went to several script sites and tutorial sites and learned there, too. Good luck on your PHP learning. 
Most of what I know came from php.net. I also learned some PHP from the Trap17 forums (at the start, I needed help about 3 times within a week or two). Also, if you're wanting to use MySQL, http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/ is also a good site to learn to do certain things with MySQL. It helps you create a CMS (Content Mangement System) and I think a guestbook. There's more there, too, but I don't remember it all.
simply nothing can top the php handbook on http://php.net, if you're looking for beginners stuff, go to http://hotscripts.com and visit the PHP Tutorial Section, you are bound to learn somethnig.
-whyme
I'm learning PHP by playing with WordPress
 I've already modified my first theme. Flex by Phu Ly is a good theme to start with.When I encounter problems or things I don't know how to do I read the documentation or the wiki. Don't know about you, but hands-on learning's the best way to help me remember stuff. It's pretty fun actually. You can see what I've done with WP on my two blogs. http://tatatee.com/ and http://sims2.tatatee.com/main/ I'd been designing blogs in CSS/HTML but I couldn't make them all cross-browser compatible  PHP's much friendlier cross-browser-wise.
The best place to learn php is sitepoint.com
another place freewebmasterhelp.com or you can visit codewalkers.net A directory of collected php scripts is hotscripts.com
I learned in php.net. There is a good begginers tutorial and a complete functions reference manual if you want to look for specific issues.
Yeah i too just used Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hours. It was an easy and gave many examples. So if you know c or C++, php is very easy. If you dont know either of them, it will take time to learn php. just my warning
Once you read some of the stuff in the book (any book will probably give you a decent foundation), I think the best way is to google for what yo are trying to do. Like if you are looking for the syntax of a 'while' statement, just google "php while loop". There are enough sites out there that you should find something useful in one or two clicks.
www.phpfreaks.com has a good tutorial on session IDs. The list of mysql functions on php.net is simply nothing short of awsome! QUOTE(fffanatics @ May 5 2005, 10:58 AM) Yeah i too just used Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hours. It was an easy and gave many examples. So if you know c or C++, php is very easy. If you dont know either of them, it will take time to learn php. just my warning I'd like to add that Java is similar to C and C++ QUOTE(fsoftball @ May 5 2005, 12:38 PM) Once you read some of the stuff in the book (any book will probably give you a decent foundation), I think the best way is to google for what yo are trying to do. Like if you are looking for the syntax of a 'while' statement, just google "php while loop". There are enough sites out there that you should find something useful in one or two clicks. Yeah, that's what I do with a lot of the functions that I don't know - I just type in what they do, and the answer I'm looking for is usually the first result. www.phpfreaks.com has a good tutorial on session IDs. The list of mysql functions on php.net is simply nothing short of awsome!
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can anyone from england please tell me from what store to get a good php book and also which in your opinion is the best book. I know many have said its not that good learning from books but i just want a good solid one for reference while im maybe browsing other sites or working on my own site. Thanks.
I learn day by day, studying other peoples scripts and learning from them. Its a long way round because I don't actully learn many commands, only the very extreme basics
QUOTE(ana @ Jun 4 2005, 12:31 PM) I learned a lot of the basic stuff from Zend.com! I like how the tutorials are written, they are fun and easy to read.I haven't really gone beyond that and wonder if those big fat php books I seen in bookstores would be worth it...? I think Zend teamed up with PHP. That's why they are doing their best to promote PHP 5.
I think the best way is to google for what yo are trying to do. Like if you are looking for the syntax of a 'while' statement, just google "php while loop". There are enough sites out there that you should find something useful in one or two clicks.
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