Advance Php Guides where can I find it?

I've know all the basics to php but I'm lookign for more advance php guides like how you use them and so on, but I did a thorough search and couldnt find them, anyone of you guys know where to get a good ones?

While people are at it, can anyone post some guides to learning and the basics of PHP?

I use the PHP reference manual. ITs really handy and if you already know the basics, you can learn advanced stuff easily by trial and error.

What kind of guides would you want. Like once you know the basics all you have to do is basically use those to create complex stuff like login scripts and news scripts and such that suite your needs. Also, if you understand the language just look at the API and use that as a reference or a starting point. There most likely wont be advanced guides for any language.

yeah, I'd use the php manual like opaque said. you can get it free off php's official site. If you don't like that, pick up a book from your local bookstore.

yeah, I'd use the php manual like opaque said. you can get it free off php's official site. If you don't like that, pick up a book from your local bookstore.

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You can get it for free off their official website? That's great! I was interested in learning it, because we used a couple really simple parts of it in class last year, and they seemed really cool, but then we never really got into it. I'm hoping that this year we do learn more of it though. It seems like a pretty essential thing to learn.

I've know all the basics to php but I'm lookign for more advance php guides like how you use them and so on, but I did a thorough search and couldnt find them, anyone of you guys know where to get a good ones?

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1. If you already have an understanding of HTML and basic web designthere so you can read the first 16 articles at HTML Goodies : Beyond HTML : PHP : http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/php/ [ articles 17 and over are related to data base and sql]

2. There is manual at weberdev.com site: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

3. There are 3 parts guide at weberdev.com:

-PHP 101 (part 1): Down The Rabbit Hole : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-PHP 101 (part 2): Calling All Operators : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-PHP 101 (part 3): Looping The Loop : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

4. Also from weberdev.com I have chosen to you the following articles:

-PHP Classes And Objects: A Guide To Development: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-Coding Criteria: Sloppy VS. Clean: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/*

-PHP Classes And Objects: A Guide To Development: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-Using Control Structures in PHP: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-A Test To See If You Write Sloppy Software: : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-Counting - Creating a simple counter: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

-Beginners Guide to PHP - Introduction to cookies: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

5. PHP Coding Examples online at : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ *

6. Using mktime and date function to skip dates and create simple calendar functions:

http://www.php-scripts.com/php_diary/051003.php3

7. Image Creation with PHP https://www.wired.com/?tw=programming

8. PHP Example Scripts : http://www.php-scripts.com/php_diary/php_scripts.html

9. The official PHP Manual online: http://php.net/manual/en/ [just in case u haven't

Thanx alot guys, I'll look into them, and perhaps I'll go down to a local stores to grab a good book when I have time, but which books would be prefered?

as always, i'm goin to tell you about the first, and last PHP resource you'll ever need (apart from the official docs, <3 and all that)http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ big. It's long. It has all kinds of fun stuff in, like how to generate ascii art from jpeg's. Go forth and multiply, my sons.

Good to have so many resources like this. I am also trying to learn PHP and it will be very very useful. I am also sure i will find more stuff from goole. But this will be good for startup.

I think i'll add that O'Reilly books pwn, whereas SAMS books do not. Oh, and 'for idiots' books suck and should be avoided - my Idiot's Guide To XML spends most of the paper making sure - for the twentieth or so time - that i really, really know what a damned attribute is. Not worth the damn paper they're printed on - this particular example is only in me possesion because it was on special ($9.99 AUD) at angus'n'robertson .

I have found that learning by example works best for me and I have found a lot of examples at Xisto.com. There is a wealth of knowledge at our sister site reguarging PHP.

If you have a basic knowledge of PHP, then I think that OpaQue is right on the money by suggestion the official PHP guide at php.net . The manual can be a little difficult to navigate but everything is there if you know PHP. Not recommended for new users.

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