learn php

[syphon101]

Where are some good places I could go to learn php? :ninja:

[telekinesis]

Complex PHP Related Sites

http://codewalkers.com
A community site dedicated to PHP developers. Includes forums, tutorials,
and user submitted code. Home of the PHP Coding Contest.

http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/
A good set of articles introducing various PHP concepts.

http://www.opendeveloper.org
Developing Open Web Sites With Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP-Perl.

http://www.phpbuilder.com
A bunch of helpful PHP resources available here.

http://www.devnetwork.net
The PHP Developers' Network was founded to provide the PHP Community with a set of solid sites that work together to promote the PHP language and provide a large resource for the community as a whole.

http://www.phpfreaks.com
PHP Learning Center site.

http://www.webkreator.com/php/
PHP weblog, knowledge and link directory. Regularly updated
collection of PHP resources.

http://www.phpwizard.net
PHP tutorials and programs.

http://www.weberdev.com
PHP related resources (articles, tutorials, forums, advanced search etc.)

http://devzone.zend.com
A community site for developers of all levels, including a code
gallery, applications, tips, forums, tutorials and more.


PHP Scripts and Programs

http://www.evilwalrus.com
A growing list of PHP scripts.

http://dev.nexen.net/scripts/index.php?langue=en
An exhaustive PHP scripts collection, with more 400 useful functions (English
and French).

http://php.foundries.sourceforge.net
A great number of open source PHP projects actively developed.

http://px.sklar.com
The PHP Code Exchange is a great place to start. Here you'll find many
example scripts and useful functions, organized for easy finding. Includes
a search function.

http://www.phpclasses.org
Useful PHP classes in a categorized listing.


PHP Magazines

http://www.phparch.com
The first monthly English magazine about PHP, distributed in PDF format.

http://phpj.com
A quarterly journal devoted to the PHP programming language.

http://www.phpmag.de
The Software & Support Verlag, based in Frankfurt,
Germany, has now published a magazine on PHP as a
tribute to the steadily growing German PHP community (in German).

http://www.php-mag.net
An English edition of the magazine mentioned above. The PHP Magazine
is published bimonthly and aimed at professional PHP users.

http://www.zephpmag.com
ZePHPmag is a webzine (exclusively online distribution
newspaper), dedicated to PHP and its technologies (in French).


PHP Tutorials

http://www.awtrey.com/support/dbeweb/
Introductory tutorial.

http://www.e-gineer.com/instructions/
Lots of tutorials/instructions related to Apache, PHP and MySQL.

http://www.justphukit.com/php-tutorials.php
A collection of external links to PHP tutorials.

http://www.melonfire.com/community/columns/trog/archives.php?category=PHP
A series of PHP tutorials for novices.

http://www.onlamp.com/php/
Great collection of tutorials from O'Reilly.

http://elmo.engineering.tech.nhl.nl/two/index.html
Site with information on a PHP course at a Dutch college.

http://www.thescripts.com/serversidescripting/php/
Web Programming Resource - PHP Tutorials.

http://www.find.com.au/tutorials/webdevelopment/php/default.asp?ct=21&ob=3
A growing list of PHP tutorials at TutorialFind.

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/
The PHP section on the famous Webmonkey tutorial site.

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/
The tutorials section on the Zend.com developer zone.

[eyeinfinitude]

Take your pick, enjoy. =)

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[syphon101]

Awesome, thanks guys.

Also, what do you all personally prefer between php and asp?

[telekinesis]

php

[Jubba]

I prefer PHP. However, I am currently learning ASP also. I still would rather work with PHP. I find it easier to code in and much more powerful.

Also, if you are looking to spend a little money, check out these books:

PHP: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764535617/qid=1053751242/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-2551283-1162431?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

mySQL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764516922/qid=1053751276/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-2551283-1162431?v=glance&s=books


And if you need any specific PHP help, let me know. As electronGeek said, "I have a PHP fetish..."

[eyeinfinitude]

I like php, it gives me a headache. I haven't tried ASP yet, but I'm sure that will give me a headache too. =)

[prstudio]

asp, ease of use, support

[mdipi]

i would like PHP, from the very little that i do, but i never tried ASP, both are hard though! but i think PHP cause its not offa the MS .net thing

[SureShot]

I bought the blueprint book for PHP and I havent really taken a whole lot of time to go through it yet but after the first chapter I very impressed. It takes you right from the very begining and teaches you everything.... books are good :)