Do php tutorials work for any other newbies out there?
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Do php tutorials work for any other newbies out there?
Just want to know if the the tutorials that everyone keeps suggesting all us Newb's take a look are really helping anyone out?
Am i really that dumb or are these tutorials to simplified?
I seem to learn best when i can find some example code that at least somewhat matches what im trying to do. If i know what its outcome is supposed to be i can start reverse engineering it into something to suit my needs.
All the tutorials i seem to find list a few EXTREMELY BASIC examples and no real world implementation.
The main sites ive checked out are Tizag and Zend.
Great for the basics of PHP but when you start getting into more advanced practices you need more advanced examples.
Who knows maybe im trying to learn it all to fast i dont know.
Any thoughts or suggestions from any other Newbies out there?
Anyone find any tutorials or example codes that really helped them out please share?
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Am i really that dumb or are these tutorials to simplified?
I seem to learn best when i can find some example code that at least somewhat matches what im trying to do. If i know what its outcome is supposed to be i can start reverse engineering it into something to suit my needs.
All the tutorials i seem to find list a few EXTREMELY BASIC examples and no real world implementation.
The main sites ive checked out are Tizag and Zend.
Great for the basics of PHP but when you start getting into more advanced practices you need more advanced examples.
Who knows maybe im trying to learn it all to fast i dont know.
Any thoughts or suggestions from any other Newbies out there?
Anyone find any tutorials or example codes that really helped them out please share?
sansoo signing off
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Tutorials are good to help you getting started with a new feature, like the simpleXML tutorial on Sitepoint which Everah mentioned. After reading the tutorial, you are ready to start and really learn how to use the feature and more advanced topics related to it.
To learn a new programming language, you need to read a good book.
To learn a new programming language, you need to read a good book.
I learned everything from tutorials, these boards, and trial & error. Tutorials give you the basic knowledge, you should try to expand on them yourself. 
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.
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If a tutorial gives you like 3 examples of how to use something is it really a tutorial?
Take sessions for example. Tizag, Zend, and W3C are worth crap. I had to search high and low on how to use sessions properly. And it boiled down to a whole days worth of work spent on learning sessions thru trial and error.
Im looking for tutorials that are actually meant to teach you something. Not say hey this is a session this is how to start a session. Bye Bye Now.
I can find hundreds and hundreds of pages of tutorials for CSS, HTML, and Anything by Adobe. That take you through a guided process of the most common uses of each feature. Then its up to you to take it further.
Some would argue the PHP tutorials out there do that but i just dont think they get the job done.
And so im back to wasting day after day on stuff thats not hard if i could find the proper learning model.
Take sessions for example. Tizag, Zend, and W3C are worth crap. I had to search high and low on how to use sessions properly. And it boiled down to a whole days worth of work spent on learning sessions thru trial and error.
Im looking for tutorials that are actually meant to teach you something. Not say hey this is a session this is how to start a session. Bye Bye Now.
I can find hundreds and hundreds of pages of tutorials for CSS, HTML, and Anything by Adobe. That take you through a guided process of the most common uses of each feature. Then its up to you to take it further.
Some would argue the PHP tutorials out there do that but i just dont think they get the job done.
And so im back to wasting day after day on stuff thats not hard if i could find the proper learning model.


