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  • **unknown user**

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    Link to this post Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 04:38 PM
    I am interested in learning PHP to become a developer, but not sure the best way to start. What is the best way to learn PHP? How did you learn? Any good PHP books you would recommend?

    Thanks.
  • markwest
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    Link to this post Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 09:33 PM
    Given PHP's popularity as a web development language there are many PHP based web sites out there with a variety of resources. Try this list of sites at php.net. The online documentation for PHP is a really good reference.

    If your looking to develop PN modules etc. take a look at our development resources (links to your left) and ADODB. Also take a look at XTE (in particular pnRender) and the example module as the basis from which to build modules using the latest PN devlopment standards.

    For books I would, depending on your background, take a look at the O'Reilly series as these are generally of a high quaility but are aimed at those that know what they need to learn and want the information presented in a concise fashion without lots of pretty pictures.....

    For general resources I find useful are SitePoint which has a PHP section as well as many good articles.

    You'll also need a good grounding in web technologies (HTML, CSS etc.). I find W3Schools a good resource for all web technologies and A list apart a excellant source of CSS references.

    You also have the HTML Validator and CSS validator to check the output your code produces.

    A lot of links I know but i've been meaning to put together a list of resources I make use of so this post is a good start in that direction.

    -Mark

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  • **unknown user**

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    Link to this post Posted: Feb 11, 2004 - 03:50 AM
    Hey Mark, thanks for the list. I love A List Apart, I read there tutorial on CSS-Sliding doors and now have a cool tab menu! Great tutorials!

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