Hi, I really want to learn php, I love the possibilities of the language. I understand part of how the language works from working with free scripts and editing them, but I would like to learn more so that I can write my own scripts.

 

I was wondering how people who know php learned it. I can usually just pick things up, but that doesn't seem to work for me when it comes to programming.

 

Could you suggest any good ebooks/books about learning it?

Thanks

I'm interested in it too..

 

I'm still learning CSS but I don't know what to learn next, but I was thinking about PHP. Anyone who knows of any good tutorials that you used or how to get started with PHP please share, it would be greatly appreciated.

I would love to learn PHP. I use it every day, but have no idea how to write code from scratch. I bought a couple of books a few years ago and had the best intentions to sit, read, practice and learn. But work got in the way and I just have never found the time.

 

Where is the best place to start?

I started out just editing premade php code from free scripts and whatnot to coding my own fully functional CMS' within a year or so.

 

You should read some basic tutorials to get you started.

Here are a couple places to go:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

http://www.phpfreaks.com

IMHO www.lynda.com is the best place, i paid the $350 or whatever it was and have access to all the source code etc to download and follow the online tutorials, im currently using it to learn how to use php and MySql together.

 

Worth every penny.

Excellent - I've got access to that site - I'll check out the tutorials for PHP.

 

The CSS tutorials on there are pretty good too.