How did you learn PHP?

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How did you learn PHP?

Books
9
35%
Internet Tutorial
8
31%
A Friend Taught Me
1
4%
Learned In School
1
4%
I Have PHP in my Bloodstream(Born with it)
4
15%
Other
3
12%
 
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Cruzado_Mainfrm
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How did you learn PHP?

Post by Cruzado_Mainfrm »

Choose one of the options above, if not, tell how.
The one you think helped you the most.
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Post by Paddy »

Does it count if I am no where near learning it yet? :) I was introduced to it at uni.
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Post by maniac9 »

I put internet tutorial, but I've learned from various places. I picked it up after I started learning ASP...heh...

And you lucky bastards...wish my school offered PHP...
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Post by jollyjumper »

I have learned php at work, just because I had to because it's the main language I work with, and I'm glad ! Before starting with php I had about one year of experience with ASP and javascript, so the principle of webprogramming was there, which helped me a lot with learning php.

Also I had a lot of help from the http://www.php.net chm version of the manual, I have it open at least once a day every day.

Also http://www.deja.com and devnetwork.net forums helps me a lot everyday.

Greetz Jolly.
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Post by scorphus »

If Internet Tutorial includes The Great PHP Manual, lots of articles around the web, other people's code (classes) and internet tutorials, then that's my choice.
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Post by infolock »

well, i learned from a combination of both the internet tutorials and books, but i put books as my choice since i learned the most through them. However, i'd been coding in HTML since the early days of the internet, and having prior knowledge of programming with delphi and visual basic helped tremendously.
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Post by twigletmac »

I took over a site which had been using PHP and started learning then. I bought a couple of books which got me started but I haven't touched them in ages. I now tend to find most things at php.net, stuff I remember others doing here and google.

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Post by igoy »

Well it's kinda hard to say any one resource... I learnt a lil' from an old mySQL book..lol... and some from Internet... but most of it i learnt from Trial and Error + PHP manual....
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Post by Nay »

Funny, I got into PHP beacuse of include() rather than anything. Then just using include() on the template files got boring then I started researching on other methods. Then I bumped into PHPDN and I learned my most around here. Now I got the PHP Bible Edition 2. It's nice...

:lol:

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Post by devork »

I think what you learn if possible buy one good book,
also you have gigs of data on net but books are alwasy helpfu

Was introduced to php by my friend so got involved into it
and found it really more interesting due to apache and linux :)
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Post by qads »

1 book, php bible by joyice park, first edition, this forum. this forum is worth like 80 php books :D.
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Post by cybaf »

internet tutorials are a nice kick in the but, but mostly I've learned by trial and error. php.net is always a good resource though.
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Post by Saethyr »

Started programming in ASP, found it to be left wanting at the end of the day, a friend of mine suggested PHP and a year, several books, lots of cigarettes and coffee, and hella tutorials later I am addicted.

If knowledge is power, THEN GODS ARE WE!!!! ;)


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Post by Toneboy »

Nay wrote:Funny, I got into PHP beacuse of include() rather than anything. Then just using include() on the template files got boring then I started researching on other methods. Then I bumped into PHPDN and I learned my most around here. Now I got the PHP Bible Edition 2. It's nice...

:lol:

-Nay
Know what you mean about the include() thing, Nay. That's exactly why I started out learning bits of PHP.

Added the Evil Walrus script for users online (which I've learnt to tinker with) and have moved on from there, learning different things when I've needed to.
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Post by m3mn0n »

The best quality learning for me was a combination of books, the manual, and this wonderful forum. :)

Internet tutorials helped for more advanced topics and open source applications, such as phpBB and postNuke, helped because they are working products of expert programmers which show how to organize and produce everything in an efficient/clean/professional way.
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