# PHP for Dummies. Where to start?

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**Created:** [December 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-for-dummies-where-to-start/73168 "2004-12-13T22:34:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-for-dummies-where-to-start/73168/1 "2004-12-13T22:34:32Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to learn PHP but am finding a it hard to get a footing. I just don’t know where to start.

Its not that I’m dumb. I pick things up quickly and I learned a lot of Flash Actionscript pretty quickly. But PHP leaves me lost.

If anyone can direct me to meaningful starters tuts that has helped you. I have searched the net but I get millions of stuff and I haven’t found anything I can understand. At the moment, I need to set up a survey.

Most pages just give you plain code snippets with no explanation of where or when one would use it.

P.S. and yes I do have a PHP supporting server. thats not a problem.