Learn PHP Free

[Moonman]

For all you people out there who want to learn PHP for free, including me, then check out http://www.scriptschool.com/php/, and go down to the table and do as it says, i am currently up to course 12, and finding it very useful.

[Kaliber]

hmm....
"Porn Resource"?:confused:

[Kaliber]

ok, they spam youlol, I knew something wasn't right..

[Moonman]

i do not care about that, all i know is it is fairly good to learn php.

[roly]

Porn Resource
MY SITE ISN'T PORN

[Moonman]

and you do not need to sign up to access that page, therefor no spam.

<?
$nick = "moonman";
$favurl = "http://www.freewebspace.net";
print($nick <br>);
print($favurl);
?>

that was my first ever PHP code, simple, and it worked :p.

[roly]

also I think that is for PHP3, lol

[Kaliber]

Originally posted by Themanonthemoon
and you do not need to sign up to access that page, therefor no spam.

<?
$nick = "moonman";
$favurl = "http://www.freewebspace.net";
print($nick <br>);
print($favurl);
?>

that was my first ever PHP code, simple, and it worked :p.
Mine:
<?
print "Hello World";
?> hehe

[Moonman]

yeah well mine had strings, 2 of them, $nick, and $favurl, so mine was better than yours :p.

[Moonman]

although instead of


<?
$nick-=-"moonman";
$favurl-=-"http://www.freewebspace.net";
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

to make it load quicker i could have done


<?
$nick-=-'moonman';
$favurl-=-'http://www.freewebspace.net';
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

not that it would have made much difference in a script that size.
double quotes are only necassary if you need to interpret the value of a variable.

[keith]

i'm learning php for free, and it's not through some crummy school.

you need to learn by necessity. just start building scripts... and when you come across something you don't know, learn it. i've been studying php seriously for about 2 weeks, and i'm in the midst of writing a fairly extensive database script [and soon enough... the mother of all redirection scripts... yes, even quicker and more efficient that the script wzr.net used].

[Kaliber]

Originally posted by Themanonthemoon
although instead of


<?
$nick-=-"moonman";
$favurl-=-"http://www.freewebspace.net";
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

to make it load quicker i could have done


<?
$nick-=-'moonman';
$favurl-=-'http://www.freewebspace.net';
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

not that it would have made much difference in a script that size.
double quotes are only necassary if you need to interpret the value of a variable. Now this is just getting stupid lol

[Moonman]

i know, but it is true that a huge script like a forum, would slow down a fair bit if you used double quotes instead of those single ones.

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by Themanonthemoon
although instead of


<?
$nick-=-"moonman";
$favurl-=-"http://www.freewebspace.net";
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

to make it load quicker i could have done


<?
$nick-=-'moonman';
$favurl-=-'http://www.freewebspace.net';
print($nick-<br>-);
print($favurl);
?>

not that it would have made much difference in a script that size.
double quotes are only necassary if you need to interpret the value of a variable.
I don't think it does load quicker because they are both characters and have the same value/size.

[Moonman]

actually it does, because with double quotes PHP thinks it would have to interperet the value of a variable, but it will take a sec to figure out that it doesnt.

[agiantdwarf]

To learn PHP, get a book, read the manual to get the basics (or read one of the 90 gazillion "php basics" tutorial) then read all the articles on PHPbuilder.com. It used to update, but then it was bought. Too bad. Still a good site, and the forums are great.