I started php yesterday and actually got a mail form working pretty quickly (success!! 
) Anyways, I was wondering if you guys/girls know of any good places or have any suggestions on how to work your way through php. I would like to learn more but don’t really know where to start. I could run out and buy a PHP book and memorize it cover to cover but I don’t know if thats the best way. Thanks a lot everyone.
well, I went out and bought a book, and I’m doing ok.
I think the best way to learn is not to do tutorials, but rather set up a project for yourself (like a database driven site, a “to do” task list, etc), flowchart it, plan it, and then try to code it. You’ll have your handy php reference right next to you, and I’m sure you’ll have to read some entire chapters to figure something out. However, since it will be your project, you’ll be motivated to actually do it.
If you dont mind me asking Grandsp5 - where did you learn that? Just a tute on the web or did you buy a book. I have the “blueprint to PHP” book but havent got into it enough yet.
the mail form SureShot?
yah - that would be it How are you teaching yourself?
well jubba wrote a tutorial here on how to do it. its in the Best Of Kirupa Forum. Since I only started yesterday, right now I’m doing the very very basics and learning all the operators, declarations, etc. Stuff like using . instead of +. Im writing script that passes variables back and forth between Flash and php but thats about all I can do. I would do a login page but I have no clue how to use SQL.
