Where to start???

[p2bc]

I know asking a lot of questions is a good way to learn something, so I will start with the most obvious one.

Where is the best place/source to learn PHP scripting.

Any books to recommend.


I have found quiet a few site. But they all tent to cater to those who know something about PHPs already. So for someone completely new to PHPs where should I go to learn?

I found www.w3schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com), which helped me get started on HTML, and JavaScript, XML. Since I ripped through that site, I have actually created 3 sites from scratch, with requests for more. So now it is time to tackle PHPs.

So if anyone could lead me in the right direction that would be great.

Thanks

[pyro]

Here are some useful links:

http://www.php.net (my personal favorite)
http://www.phpbuilder.com
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/index.html
http://php.resourceindex.com
http://www.zend.com
more links can be found at http://www.php.net/links.php

Here's a good list of PHP editors:
http://phpeditors.dancinghippo.com

[p2bc]

Thank, my tab for you is getting pretty big.

One question, is PHP like SQL. Because I am quiet familuar to a certain degree with FileMaker Pro, and databases. And I found this document on PHP, and they mention SQL, and databases a bit.

[p2bc]

Well went to PHP.net and got thier "Manual" pdf file.

Geeze, 4081 pages, War and Peace isn't that long. Anyways, got to stop typing, and start reading, so i might be finish before Christmas.

Thanks

[pyro]

No, PHP is not like SQL, though PHP and MySQL go together like a hand in a glove... See, PHP is a serverside programming language, while SQL (or rather, MySQL) is a database (and the language used to query it).