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02-08-2006, 02:22 AM
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 |  Learning PHP I'm wanting to learn php and web script that deal with mysql what would you recomend, I know a little bit but what the guide to makeing money say as a freelancer doing small jobs $10-100 places to learn and show what I can do.
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02-08-2006, 03:08 AM
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| Re: Learning PHP An excellent book by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson called "PHP & MySQL Web Development" - should be purple and white, find it at Amazon or your local bookstore. It's the best way to learn, IMO, as that's what taught me. The book is VERY good.
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02-08-2006, 03:22 AM
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| Re: Learning PHP Besides my PHP pocket reference by O'rielly, I have never opened a PHP or MySQL book. In my experience, you learn much better by doing not reading. By trial and error you will learn much much more than any book could ever possibly tell you. A few of my favorite sites are: http://php.net (of course :p) http://codewalkers.com/ http://www.phpriot.com/ http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/ http://www.devshed.com/c/b/PHP http://www.sitepoint.com (has a few not to in depth though) http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials.php A simple search on google will deliver much more results, but those are a few of my favorites. Like I said, though, doing is much better than reading. It's also much more fun and saves you a few extra bucks. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask me  AIM: hk13x MSN: volcomx11@hotmail.com Good Luck!
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02-08-2006, 05:25 AM
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| Re: Learning PHP I've never ever read a book on php. Download the PHP help from www.php.net (preferrably in the .chm format) and read it's first few pages. You'll know every damn thing there is know about php...
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02-08-2006, 05:46 AM
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| Re: Learning PHP That manual doesn't teach you PHP - it's just a reference guide. Rohan, have you seen the book I am talking about? And read/looked through it?
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02-08-2006, 09:34 AM
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| Re: Learning PHP I'd never used PHP or MySQL until I made my site (www.raceformdata.com) and I found "PHP and MySQL For Dynamic Websites" by Larry Ullman to be very good. I didn't need to read it cover to cover or anything - just dipped in to a relevant section and adapted the example code. Had the basic site up and running in a couple of days. Simon |
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02-08-2006, 01:13 PM
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| Re: Learning PHP Quote:
browse through the very first few pages and it gives you a introduction to php.
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02-08-2006, 01:14 PM
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| Re: Learning PHP Quote:
browse through the very first few pages and it gives you a introduction to php. and... nope i haven't seen the book you're talking out. Once my 10th exams are over, I wanna buy a JavaScript book, preferrably from O'Reilly or Wrox.
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02-08-2006, 05:20 PM
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 | Re: Learning PHP Look for the most simplest PHP tutorials. Once you learn the basics, it is pretty easy to learn the advanced things (as long as you know the basic principles.)
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02-08-2006, 09:38 PM
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| Re: Learning PHP i reckoned sitepoint books are good. to start as a php/mysql freelancer is pretty tough because there are already many out there...and you have to show why you are different. alot of pple started being paid peanuts. |
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02-08-2006, 09:58 PM
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| Smurf Join Date: Dec 2005
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| Re: Learning PHP Im tellin you, there are no need for books unless you just really like having the content infront of you minus the computer screen. You can find everything you want online, for free!
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02-13-2006, 03:41 PM
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