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FleaBag · #3 08-13-2006, 01:47 PM

I'd also like to start, and have done for a long time. The thing is, I don't want to LEARN php, I understand the concept of it - and I know many here have hacked vB without ever LEARNING php. Obviously, as I go I would hope learning php would come with time.

Personally I have little experience with coding. I can understand and use HTML - but I know that isn't coding.

About 6 years ago I did a course in Microsoft Visual Basic, for the most part I have forgotten what I did!
I did a little Pascal in school about 4 years ago, but again I remember little of this.
I also did some database work with Access about 3 years ago in school.

I feel I am resourceful and a quick learner, but quickly become frustrated with the guides I find on this site on how to begin. I just wonder is there something basic I am missing, a first step of understanding so that I can progress. Every hack I envision in my head, could be coded 100% (in pseudo code) by myself! I just don't understand how to relate the method to the code.

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