PHP For Dummies

[illini319 0]

My question may already be out there (although I did search a bit); I apologize in advance. To a person who has remedial programming know-how, but would like to learn, what is the best PHP reference out there? I don't care if it's a book or a site, I just want to know how to learn in the most efficient way possible. (can it really be buying the book: PHP for dummies)

Edited March 21, 2006 by illini319 (see edit history)

[iGuest 3]

There were times when I searched all the net to learn PHP. It seemed sooo difficult. But then I found these sites
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
I hope you'll find them useful.

[Houdini 0]

You could try the online Practical PHP book at this link right here and see if that not only saves money but is pretty complete, and I found pretty easy to understand.

[nitrus 0]

For PHP "Reference" I would definately say the PHP Website. http://php.net/
It lists every available thing in php, what it does, how to use it, and the comments at the bottom usually contain wonderful example code. If you are talking about php "tutorials" well i'd say don't bother. I dont use tutorials except to see how other people would code something.
BTW the fastest way to learn is to get one of those little tiny intro books that u can read in like an hour and then figure out something you want to make with php. Once you decide what you want to do, use php.net to gather info about things you don't know. This always helped me remember the stuff better than the often useless and overused tutorials on the internet.

To be completely honest, Here is the best places to go for php stuff:
http://php.net/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

The php book I started off with is one of those Sams teach yourself php in 24 hours books. Great book, i also used their asp.net one and c++ one =]

Hope this helps somewhat,
~Adio

[EternalDragon 0]

This site has some PHP Tuts and other tutorials if you did not know already:

http://www.pixel2life.com/

[littleweseth1405241521 0]

The site that Houdini referenced is *the* Hudzilla PHP Book, now in print as PHP in a Nutshell. A very complete, well-written book probably well worth buying in dead-tree form.Personally I'm cheap, so I wgetted it like any internet-scabbing greedy bastard would, but my penace is recommending it to everyone else I find