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PHP courses?

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  • 24-10-2008 12:16pm
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    MIN2511
    Registered Users Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭


    Hello :)

    I want to learn PHP, anyone know anywhere i can get night time courses? Or any guide on how to get started?


    Cheers
    M


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    I personally think you better off just self teaching from a book rather than wasting money on a course for just PHP.

    PHP and MySQL Web Development is a fairly good book. http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Development-Luke-Welling/dp/0672317842

    Then you can go onto more advanced topics later. Just my opinion though.


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    decob
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭decob


    yeah as webmonkey said, learning it yourself is far better than any course. A good book to get started... then move onto the php docs to learn more fuctions and how they work.. and if ya get really stuck - post here!


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    AARRRGH
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    Webmonkey wrote: »
    PHP and MySQL Web Development is a fairly good book. http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Development-Luke-Welling/dp/0672317842

    I learnt from the above book too.

    Most PHP websites are simply reading from and writing to a database, and displaying some variables on screen. In PHP this is very straightforward, and could be learnt with a bit of googling.

    PHP is the type of language which is easiest to learn by messing around with it.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I taught myself perl and then PHP by giving myself a project to do. It was easier than going the standard follow-the-notes route.


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