Newbie to PHP where to start

[Hussein Patwa]

Hi.

I'm a newbie to this group, so hi! I'm quite PC literate and know
HTML/XHTML but just looking to expand my knowledge for web building.

I'm currently building my website, and so far have just stuck to plain old
HTML/XHTML and CSS. However, I've since found that what I want to do will
need a lot of php and also javascript - i.e. taking data from forms,
shopping carts, displaying dialog boxes, etc.

I know there are some books out there that can be downloaded, and there are
some tutorials, but the ones I've found just point out some basic principles
and then don't actually go into anything that wouldhelp, so basically I'm
starting from the beginning.

Can anyone recommend a way for me to get the best learning for PHP and
Javascript so that I can use it with my site?

Thanks.

Hussein.

[Harrie Verveer]

someone else (Chris) asked a similair question on 18th oktober in this
newsgroup. Don't know if you saw it already ('Please recomment a book')
- but my reaction can be found there :)

Hussein Patwa wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm a newbie to this group, so hi! I'm quite PC literate and know
> HTML/XHTML but just looking to expand my knowledge for web building.
>
> I'm currently building my website, and so far have just stuck to plain old
> HTML/XHTML and CSS. However, I've since found that what I want to do will
> need a lot of php and also javascript - i.e. taking data from forms,
> shopping carts, displaying dialog boxes, etc.
>
> I know there are some books out there that can be downloaded, and there are
> some tutorials, but the ones I've found just point out some basic principles
> and then don't actually go into anything that wouldhelp, so basically I'm
> starting from the beginning.
>
> Can anyone recommend a way for me to get the best learning for PHP and
> Javascript so that I can use it with my site?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hussein.
>
>

[steve]

"Harrie Verveer" wrote:

> someone else (Chris) asked a similair question on 18th oktober
> in this
> newsgroup. Don't know if you saw it already ('Please recomment
> a book')
> - but my reaction can be found there :)
>
> Hussein Patwa wrote:

> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm a newbie to this group, so hi! I'm quite PC literate

> and know

> > HTML/XHTML but just looking to expand my knowledge for web

> building.

> >
> > I'm currently building my website, and so far have just

> stuck to plain old

> > HTML/XHTML and CSS. However, I've since found that what I

> want to do will

> > need a lot of php and also javascript - i.e. taking data

> from forms,

> > shopping carts, displaying dialog boxes, etc.
> >
> > I know there are some books out there that can be

> downloaded, and there are

> > some tutorials, but the ones I've found just point out some

> basic principles

> > and then don't actually go into anything that wouldhelp, so

> basically I'm

> > starting from the beginning.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a way for me to get the best learning

> for PHP and

> > Javascript so that I can use it with my site?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Hussein.
> >
> >

Books are the best way to go.

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[Willem van der Berg]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:05:46 +0000, Hussein Patwa wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm a newbie to this group, so hi! I'm quite PC literate and know
> HTML/XHTML but just looking to expand my knowledge for web building.
>
> I'm currently building my website, and so far have just stuck to plain old
> HTML/XHTML and CSS. However, I've since found that what I want to do will
> need a lot of php and also javascript - i.e. taking data from forms,
> shopping carts, displaying dialog boxes, etc.
>
> I know there are some books out there that can be downloaded, and there
> are some tutorials, but the ones I've found just point out some basic
> principles and then don't actually go into anything that wouldhelp, so
> basically I'm starting from the beginning.
>
> Can anyone recommend a way for me to get the best learning for PHP and
> Javascript so that I can use it with my site?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hussein.

Well, it helps to have a basic understanding of PHP. And because PHP
becomes a lot more attractive once coupled with MySQL, I`d recommend
buying the same book I have read (the only one I have ever read): `PHP
& MySQL for Dummies` - Janet Valade. It is not a great book, but it will
get you up to speed with the basics. After that, I would recommend
completely emerging yourself in one of the many PHP/MySQL based
open-source projects. Get to know how they do things, that`s definitely
the best way to learn it. Take it all apart step by step and make
it really your thing. Besides that, you would be rather silly to invent
the wheel twice... unless you need small addition to your website, it
would make a lot more sense to go for osCommerce for e-commerce websites
or PostNuke if you want a CMS, for example. If you can understand how they
do things, you`ll understand PHP. And you will be able to apply it any
where. If you are like me, your goal is not to become a PHP expert, but
rather a web designer who can do a lot of cool things... whether you wrote
the code or adopted it to your needs. You also don`t need to learn every
function by heart, because [url]www.php.net/yourfunction[/url] will give you all the
info to refresh your memory.

Regards,
Willem

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