Re: Newbie Questions

I just know some very basic html. lol. ya i know i know. I just havent had time to set down and learn the things I want to learn until now. On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:00:29 -0500 David T-G <davidtg-php@justpickone.org> wrote: > Bryan -- > > [BTW, I could not find your key on us.php.net or eu.php.net; is it on > a keyserver?] > > ...and then Bryan Cassidy said... > % > % Could someone point me to a VERY good doc for learning PHP for a > % NEWBIE!!! Something I can understand from the beginning to the end. > YES > > Do you have any programming or scripting experience? If you know even > a bit of something it's generally helpful when you want to pick up > something else. > > I speak perl and shell well, do a lot of scripting, and can read some > C(plus other things that have faded into memory :-) When I hadn't yet > met php at all, a buddy bought me the PHP Developer's Cookbook from > SAMS and it was easy to understand and presented some useful examples, > and I was able to get started and do the work he wanted me to do (when > I tried twice to thank him for the book he told me to shut up because > "it's a self-serving gift" :-) It's no "Learning Perl", but then > again it isn't supposed to be. > > Having worked my way through that, currently my only reference is the > php manual from the web site; a quick search will take me to any > function that I want to use, and only rarely am I stumped with a "how > would I even approach this task?" problem -- and then this mailing > list is wonderfully helpful. > > > HTH & HAND > > :-D > -- > David T-G * There is too much animal courage in > (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral > courage.(work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, > "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ > Shpx gur > Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > >

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