what's the best resource for learning php
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:46 pm
yes, you have seen this question before. as recently as today!
if i may, i'd like to refine the question. i did skim the tutorial mentioned on the other thread. it is certainly valid, as are many others i find on the web. they are all very similar to the ones i used a couple of years ago when i started learning the language. in the quest for simple intros, they all lead to the same pathetic state i find myself in now:
dependence on register globals;
hard code db calls to a specific dbase (postgres in my case);
zero security;
no oop.
what we need is a whole new set of introductory tutorials that teach current best practices as they go. i did think that i'd just study what seems to be state-of-the-art code, and learn from that. but jumping into say phpBB is a little to big a leap for me.
anybody think the same, or know of places to look?
calvin.
if i may, i'd like to refine the question. i did skim the tutorial mentioned on the other thread. it is certainly valid, as are many others i find on the web. they are all very similar to the ones i used a couple of years ago when i started learning the language. in the quest for simple intros, they all lead to the same pathetic state i find myself in now:
dependence on register globals;
hard code db calls to a specific dbase (postgres in my case);
zero security;
no oop.
what we need is a whole new set of introductory tutorials that teach current best practices as they go. i did think that i'd just study what seems to be state-of-the-art code, and learn from that. but jumping into say phpBB is a little to big a leap for me.
anybody think the same, or know of places to look?
calvin.