Re: Structured PHP studying

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:15:11AM -0400, David McGlone wrote: > Is there a good strategy to studying PHP? > > For instance, is there a way to break everything down into small managable > topics? Obviously, a good book will help. I'd recommend O'Reilly's "Programming PHP". Some of this also depends on whether you have a background in programming. It's easier if you already know how to code in a different language; then you really mostly need to know the differences between the languages. If you want to learn without the benefit of a book, then I'd suggest looking over existing beginning programming books for various languages. My observation is that they generally follow a pattern. They deal with variable naming and types, then legal operations on those types, then control structures, then functions, etc. (That may not be accurate; as I said, look over the books themselves.) Most/all of this information can be obtained from the php.net site. Ashley's suggestion of coding a project is an outstanding idea. Coding is a practical art, and requires practical application to be worth anything. Paul -- Paul M. Foster