Where can i learn PHP

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mailtwogopal
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Where can i learn PHP

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Hi PHPians,

I am basically a Software Test Engineer willing to learn some web scripting languages and i came up with decision and of course from opinions that PHP is best. I am residing in Chennai, india. Can anyone from my geographical location help me that in which institute i can learn this?
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it2051229
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you don't need an institute or pay someone just to learn PHP.. just type PHP tutorial on google itself will redirect you to a lot of resources..
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There are thousands of resources, but if you want to learn how to use php very quickly try to training toolkit from http://www.php-skills.com.
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try the manual.
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Re: Where can i learn PHP

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You have lots of resources available for PHP on Internet,
You get various tutorials, Books, Videos.
To start with you can visit this site
www.w3schools.org, it has a good PHP tutorial.
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daedalus__ wrote:try the manual.
+1 Manual is awesome at teaching you. Anything else past the manual, and google is your friend. Also you can ask here
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hello,

According to me http://www.w3schools.com/ would be the best for learning php on your own self.

Thanks
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there is no proper places to learn here in chennai

try some video tutorials
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its relay nice
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nnaavveenn wrote: try some video tutorials
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The irony here is hilarious and sickening at the same time. I watched over a thousand jobs get cut from Thomson Reuters' local IT department and sent to India... and here we have some Indian kid pimping out training materials pirated from an American website.

Now I'm not some crazy nationalist (I drive a Volkswagen and can't stand [redacted]), but seriously... have a little integrity, you're making a whole lot of people look bad. With all the free resources out there, you couldn't come up with one that didn't involve theft? :roll:
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phu wrote:
nnaavveenn wrote: try some video tutorials
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The irony here is hilarious and sickening at the same time. I watched over a thousand jobs get cut from Thomson Reuters' local IT department and sent to India... and here we have some Indian kid pimping out training materials pirated from an American website.

Now I'm not some crazy nationalist (I drive a Volkswagen and can't stand [redacted]), but seriously... have a little integrity, you're making a whole lot of people look bad. With all the free resources out there, you couldn't come up with one that didn't involve theft? :roll:

ok sorry
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Benjamin
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Let's have some sense here guys. The best way to learn PHP is to
  • Read books and study the language
  • Study programming methodologies
  • Study design patterns
  • Consult the manual
  • Read and Write code
  • Post your code for peer review
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