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Lyriksen
03-19-2003, 08:54 PM
I have been dabling in web design for a few months, but I have mostly been using Dreamweaver to do wysiwyg html. I have never really coded anything, but I have a big project that I'm working on and I can't find anyone to do the coding for free (I am a broke student, you see). This leaves me with the option of doing the coding myself. What I want to do is rather complicated so i'd need more than just a basic rundown. Are there any good books out there? Is a book the right way to go?
Your best bet would be to look to the source... head over to http://www.php.net and look through all the information that they have on PHP. You may want to download the PHP manual, as well. http://www.php.net/docs.php
Da Warriah
03-20-2003, 06:53 AM
i found that PHP.Net can be a little overwhelming...i used http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/48/index2a.html?tw=programming (Webmonkey) to get the hang of php first, and then moved onto PHP.Net after, when i at least knew the basic syntax and such...
lomfs24
03-22-2003, 01:25 AM
I bought a couple of books. Normally a book comes with the source CD so you don't actually have to retype all the examples. However if you do retype the examples you learn by repetition. The books that I found useful were SAMS PHP and MYSQL Web Development($49.99), SAMS Teach Yourself PHP, MYSQL and Apache in 24 Hours($29.99) and the O'Reily PHP Cookbook($39.95). I liked learning from books better than online because you don't have to keep switching screens to apply the information you are reading.
Just a thought.