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10-31-2002, 10:31 AM
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How did you learn PHP?
A book? If so, which one?
Otherwise, how did you all learn so much PHP! I find it hard, I can just about understand the code when I see it, writing it myself is next to impossible! I want to learn PHP, but I don't know where to start, the PHP manual just scares me, so I stayed away from it  Please share your ideas and please help me  
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#2
10-31-2002, 10:40 AM
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well i learnded it through vb.
just turned around some functions and looked what would be the effect ^^ ok, i have to say i've learned programming itself long time ago, but with the same method. just changein things and look what happens. i think that's the fastes way. I just need books for a fast lookup of syntax
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#4
10-31-2002, 11:31 AM
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But how? I've had a vB since February, and I only know a small amount of PHP, and they're just things like bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 etc...and that's not really PHP, it's not a function in itself, so it isn't the most useful thing out there
Is there a good book I could learn from?
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#5
10-31-2002, 11:51 AM
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Set up a test vB and have a play, think of small changes you would like and then see if you can make them. I know more about PHP through playing with vB than I do about any other language.
Try getting a book like Teach Yourself PHP in 24hrs or somthing to help you get started
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#6
10-31-2002, 01:28 PM
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I learnt what I know from installing hacks on my friends board...
At first I just found and did what it said, but a little while later, I just played with code, read alot of hacks, and tried to analyse how they worked... If you notice, I also ask alot of questions, as I am always striving for more knowledge... I then learnt a bit of MySQL, and can now perform more difficult vB related stuff... Its all a matter of time, patience, and the eagerness to not just "be scared away" by the PHP manual... At first, I looked at it, and had no clue whatsoever... Now I can look at it, and I have made more progress in the last 2 months by looking at it than i ever did in all the time before combined... Satan
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#7
10-31-2002, 01:33 PM
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I learned PHP mostly from vBulletin, and the same goes with MySQL. I still need to sharpen my skills with PHP/MySQL queries, as well learning the more useful functions of PHP, or creating my own.
I wouldn't have learned PHP so quickly though if it wasn't for my AP Computer Science class, which I learned C++ through. C++ has so many common similarities to PHP, that when I got into PHP it flowed very nicely as the syntax was almost identical. I enjoy PHP way more than C++ though, as the need for compilers bores me. I am still interested in learning more from that language though. The main thing I dislike of C++ was instantiating variables, where you have to define them as int, char, bool, and to follow those properties through coding. While in PHP you just slap on a "$" to make it a variable, and it isn't specific to characters or numbers, etc. And overall PHP is just more hands on, as it's on the web.
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#9
10-31-2002, 07:36 PM
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N9ne, I can relate about PHP manual.. it throw me off, I have bit hard time to understand it until I bought four books and my skills rocket every day..
Try these books Beginning PHP4 by Wrox Professional PHP4 by Wrox PHP and MySQL Web Development (Sams) Even better, Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP & MySQL by great Kevin Yank at Sitepoint.com.. If you want to know more about PHP and how to learn etc.. go to Useful resources and books for anyone who wants to learn PHP and mySQL It is best of the bestest information on PHP for books, resources, and tutorials etc.. Go there or die =D
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#10
10-31-2002, 08:01 PM
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I was introduced to PHP in December 2001 by a classmate. At that time I had about 18 months of C programming experience. I had trouble with basics, like database connectivity and data types. Then I bought "PHP fast&easy web development" which helped me with basic stuff, but that's about it. After that I went with the manual at php.net and a few tutorials here and there.
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