liamC
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Just a quickie though; can anyone recommend any books to learn PHP?
Muchos thankos
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ed
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php.net is a really usefull resource. You don't need a book. You need a computer and that site, plus a few other tutorials that you can Google to teach yourself how to do stuff. Thats how me and my friend learned.
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liamC
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cheers fella. Do you know PHP extensively? How long did it take for you to learn it?
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MarkPW
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Have a look at http://www.sitepoint.com, you should find a suitable book on there.
Alternatively, do what Ed said.. learn it using free tutorials and the bible that is php.net. The above site (sitepoint) also offers tutorials which include some PHP basics.
I would also recommend you download VertrigoServ so you can run PHP, Apache (Web Server) and MySQL (Database) on your own PC without too much hassle.
As for time scales - it took me a about a month or 2 to grasp the basics of PHP and database interaction (I've never used a book), and that was about 6 years ago now.
[Edited on 25-11-2006 by MarkPW]
[Edited on 25-11-2006 by MarkPW]
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ed
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I've been doing a bit of this and that over the years. I wouldn't say I know it extensively, but I know enough now to be able to build some pretty decent sites...
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