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27 Oct, 2002

starting with PHP

Posted by: kristine In: Bookmarks

Since I've been learning so much PHP over the last 3 or 4 months, I've been collecting a lot of bookmarks to help me out. Althought PHP.net is the most helpful of them to me, I've gotten a great array of other links in my bookmark files too. Most of these are aimed at people just starting out with PHP (or still a bit of a newbie needing a tutorial to learn more).

If you'd like to learn how to include files and show the current date, and maybe just see what else PHP does, these links are for you. If you are already doing that stuff and want to get more advanced, then you might check out HotScripts and The PHP Resource Index – download some scripts and pick them apart until you understand what they do! :)

And if you are looking for a good editor for your PHP, I tend to use EditPadLite most of the time (mainly because I can open multiple files and it has a line counter which is helpful for debugging), but Zalary linked to PHP Coder Pro the other day, so I'm trying that out and really like that it color codes my syntax – easier to see when you miss a comma or quote!

Feel free to add your favorite links in the comments, too!

  • PHP.net
    Ultimate reference manual, where you can search for any function and find out how the information should be formatted. If every programming language had this complete of a manual, I'd be so happy!

  • PHP Basics
    Excellent beginning article. Gives an overview of all of the basics you'll need to start coding.

  • PHP Complete: the newbienetwork
    A great selection of tutorials – I like this one because they separate out the information into good categories, making it easier to find stuff. They also have a forum that you can ask your questions on.

  • Frequently Asked questions – PHP
    I've found when I'm searching for something specific (like an error message or function idea), this search engine usually finds me something.

  • CNet's Intro to PHP
    A pretty complete beginning guide. May be more aimed towards people already code-friendly.

  • And even more info is here – this is a good place to get more links: WebsiteTips's PHP index

7 Responses to "starting with PHP"

1 | davidj

October 27th, 2002 at 10:11 pm

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I have used php for four years and have had the privelege of watching http://www.phpbuilder.com/ grow into the fantastic site it is!

2 | wayne

October 27th, 2002 at 11:08 pm

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A couple of tools that have been really helpful to me are devshed.com, which has great tutorials on php, mysql, and all sorts of other open technologies, and the free version of NuSphere's PHPEd, another IDE which is very good (and includes MySQL admin tools).
Anyway, just my $.02. Good luck on the quest.

3 | erica

October 28th, 2002 at 12:42 am

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Thanks for mentioning PHP Coder, I'll definitely take a look as I tend to miss syntax.

4 | Andy

October 28th, 2002 at 2:51 am

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Although I have only just started coding in PHP, I have used Html Kit and thats pretty neat too.

5 | Joel Bennett

October 28th, 2002 at 1:25 pm

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I'm personally fond of UltraEdit's (shareware) customizeable highlighting and macro power. I've even purchased it. but I've recently found the (freeware) CodeGeniewhich is impressive! It includes configureable color-coding and word-completion, as well as allowing F1 language-help (with appropriate help file) it's also a WSH host, which means you can write macro-scripts in vb, js, or whatever … (probably even perl, although I haven't tried).

6 | zalary

October 28th, 2002 at 4:29 pm

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i realize that the average reader probably isn't going to shell out $100 for a coder, but Homesite (http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/) if you are interested in installing apache and php on your machine (as per http://www.roundridge.com/hs/apache-php-homesite04.php) is absolutely fabulous!

i sooo love being able to play with php without uploading over and over :)

7 | Live in the Delirious Cool

October 28th, 2002 at 3:01 pm

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The fabulousness that is new knowledge.
Via Scriptygoddess, Kristine passes on some great PHP resources, including (wait for it)…a link to a PHP editing tool, PHP

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