Recommend Us Php 7 Online Tutorials

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bangali_beta
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Recommend Us Php 7 Online Tutorials

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Hello,

I am getting frustrated Googling for 3hrs now looking for an appropriate php 7 tutorial with no luck!
Therefore. may I ask for you ladies & gentllemen's direction where to learn Php 7 online ? Prefer text tutorials to start off with then move-on to video tutorials.

I learnt a little Php from tizag.com, tutorialspoint.com and w3schools.com but I can't find them tutorial sites mentioning which Php version they're teaching. I've cross referenced each site with the other and notice each site teach a little different than each other. I'm guessing each of them concentrate on different versions of Php. Now, due me not knowing which version they're teaching has left me confused as to which tutorial site to stick to as I don't want to be learning the older versions.

I recently heard Php 7 is out and it uses 50% of less ram, less code and is double fast in processing the code compared to v5.6. Therefore, I wish to start all over and learn Php 7 and launch my web programming career from there.

MY AIM/DREAM

I am interested in becoming a professional Php programmer so I can build professional dynamic websites. I wish to become expert enough to build my own websites and platforms using my own code that I write and not have the need to hire any php programmer or borrow php codes from anywhere. I need to become professional enough to to build the following:

* Forum
* Chat
* Instant Messenger
* CMS (like Word Press, Dolphin, Drupal, Joomla, etc.).
* Social Networks (like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Del.icio.us, Reddit, Digg).

It is my hobby to learn things and build things on my own according to my own needs (custom design & features) even if that means re-inventing the wheel a little or even if the work doesn't result upto standard at first. You will agree that, it feels great to build things all by yourself top to bottom from scratch and give life to it even if it isn't upto standard.

I have been researching internet marketing ever since 2004 and have gained a fair understanding of what works and what not online. I have a lot of great concepts and I wish to give life to them in the form of dynamic websites. Hence, the need to learn Php 7.

In short, whenever I come-up with a good concept (good Social Networking concept) then I wish to immediately start programming in Php 7 and make my dream website come true.

I may get into freelancing where clients outsource me jobs/tasks/assignments to build dynamic websites with Php 7. Hence, need to become a Pro Php programmer.

I wish to learn how to walk first, then jog, then run in Php programming and not jump into the deep end at the beginning (jumping into frameworks, etc.). I think you understand what I mean.

Hearing all this, can you be kind enough to recommend us your article/blog audience some tutorials both text and video for complete beginners ? I mean, which tutorial sources cover Php 7 from top to bottom for beginners so I can launch my Php 7 programming career ? As a beginner, I don't want to get into Php frameworks just yet as I first want to learn the basics of the Php 7 language then move-on the intermediate level. You may count me as a complete beginner, if you like.

Would also appreciate you recommending us some intermediate level text & video tutorials so we can move-on to them after the beginning levels.Not interested in learning Php 7 in anybody’s way (Zend’s way or this or that organisation or company’s way) but interested in learning it the “Main Stream’s way” (The Way). The one and only way. The default way. I think you know what I mean.

Also, which WAMP or XAMP should I install to use Php 7 ?

MY PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND SO FAR

I know html as I learnt it back in 1998. But, I can't remember which version it was. Probably Html 1. Currently, learning MySql, CSS and also getting updated to Html 5 to design dynamic websites.

The only other programming background I have is with a bot building tool called Ubot Studio. I have the Professional edition. (Note: I'm not listing any affiliate links here). That means I'm not totally new to programming.
I think it won't be hard for me to learn Php 7 because even though I'm a beginner in web programming, I'm not a complete beginner in programming. What do you think ?

Thank you in advance for your worthy replies.

Take care.
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Re: Recommend Us Php 7 Online Tutorials

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PHP: The Right Way is probably the best PHP resource out there right now. There is, sadly, a ton of outdated and outright bad information out there when it comes to PHP tutorials.
Also, which WAMP or XAMP should I install to use Php 7 ?
Shouldn't matter much in the end. Do either of them support 7 yet? Might be worth setting up a Vagrant box, as it will much more closely mirror a production environment.
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First, learning PHP7 is really just learning PHP at this point. There are not that many new features in PHP7 (compared to 5.6) that would affect how you developed applications.

Probably the best place to start is thinking of some problem you want to solve. Is there a type of app or library that you are particularly interested in or have ideas about improving?
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V4Vendetta
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I already mentioned this in another thread, but I learned all I know so far about PHP through tutorials at Lynda.com. I won't link to it again here because I don't want it to seem like I am spamming the forum or something. But the link is in the Tutorials thread.

Anyway, if you just type in PHP in the search bar on the site, it will list all of the PHP tutorials. These range from general intros and overviews, to learning how to do very specific things. Last time I checked there were 38 or so PHP tutorials. Might be worth a look.
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