Re: PHP tutorial site

> I've been thinking of creating a PHP tutorial site. I feel as though i owe > something to php and open source software, and i want to do something that > hasn't been done before properly. I know there are alot of books written for > beginning php, but they do cost money. PHP is open source software, and i > don't think people should have to pay money to learn the basics and > professional side of it. There is not one website that has enough information > for anyone wanting to learn php without any prior programming knowledge. I > wasn't sure who to contact, but i just wanted to make sure it is ok (because > i wasn't sure if The PHP Group make money from the sale of books), as alot of > people would probably resort to the website instead of buying the books. If > it's ok to go ahead, i will probably start in about 6 to 8 weeks as i have a > few websites i'm creating at the moment. There are a few minor problems > though, i will need a webhost and a domain, which hopefully might be donated > by an open source company, maybe MandrakeSoft or some other company similar > (it's not your concern though). This wont be my first work, i will eventually > create other websites that provide detailed programming language tutorials > for beginners. The main reason i am doing this is because i am a firm > believer in open source software, but instead of writing open source software > myself, i feel this is more appropriate. I mean, what's the point in open > source languages and software if there isn't adequate documentation provided > for free also? We try our best to provide as much and as accurate documentation as we can, though as you can see there are a huge number of undocumented functions already. The manual is not for the absolute beginners though, so many sites started to post tutorials and other kind of help for PHP users. We can only welcome those people, who contribute to the PHP project indirectly by supporting our users. Feel free to go on with this project. You may consider SourceForge for your site if it is appropriate in this case... See our links page for some already working tutorial sites to investigate... You may also contact one or more of them for cooperation. When your site is going to have many tutorials or heavy community traffic, we would also be happy to list it on the links page. Goba [one webmaster@php.net]