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 Nov 22 2006, 12:41 PM
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I see. Thank you so much!
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| Jem |
Nov 22 2006, 01:42 PM
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I find books are generally more concise than websites (not counting php.net - but that was confusing when I first started).
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| Amelie |
Nov 22 2006, 03:27 PM
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I have two books, PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Websites by Larry Ullman, and Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours by Matt Zandstra. I think the former was far more useful than the latter, I got bored halfway through that and stopped reading it. Ullman's book, however, has all sorts of examples and tells you how code works rather than just why you should be using it as opposed to something else. Neither book really taught me much though, I learnt most of what I know from editing current scripts and seeing what different functions did. I started with include() (fairly self-explanatory) and went on to date(), and just took it a step at a time as and when needed for a particular script. Don't be afraid to play with things so you can learn more about how they work, I know I'm not the only one to have learned that way.
 Has your blog problem been fixed now? -------------------- -- Amelie
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| Jaroo |
Nov 22 2006, 03:45 PM
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We weren't crazy! Group: Loyal Members Posts: 2,774 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Illinois Member No.: 832 |
QUOTE(Amelie @ Nov 22 2006, 09:27 AM)  I have two books, PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Websites by Larry Ullman, and Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours by Matt Zandstra. I think the former was far more useful than the latter, I got bored halfway through that and stopped reading it. Ullman's book, however, has all sorts of examples and tells you how code works rather than just why you should be using it as opposed to something else. Neither book really taught me much though, I learnt most of what I know from editing current scripts and seeing what different functions did. I started with include() (fairly self-explanatory) and went on to date(), and just took it a step at a time as and when needed for a particular script. Don't be afraid to play with things so you can learn more about how they work, I know I'm not the only one to have learned that way. Has your blog problem been fixed now? I agree with Amelie, trying to edit other scripts to be exactly what you want them to be or adding new features or just playing around is the best way to learn and its actually kind o fun when something turns out the way you wanted it to while editing. |
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| Angela Maria |
Nov 22 2006, 04:08 PM
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I'll echo what everyone else has said -- hands-on is the best way to learn how to code.
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