PHP Tutorials

[puppies]

Does anyone know of a good free PHP tutorial. I want to learn PHP but my college doesn't offer a course on it. I know html, actionscript, and very basic java so I do have some programming experience and it doesn't have to be very beginning coding tutorials. I would just really like to learn the correct way of coding with PHP.

Thanks for any help

[thetestingsite]

http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/
http://www.php.net/tut.php

You could also use Google to search for PHP tutorials.

Hope this helps.

[Jas]

When I get started with a new language, I like to start with video tutorials and then read up on it. So, I used www.phpvideotutorials.com and www.sampsonresume.com www.killerphp.com has a few as well. It's no replacement for reading, but it gets you started fast.

[Twey]

I have trouble understanding why anyone would want a video tutorial of code being typed out. It seems nonsensical to me.

[alexjewell]

Haha, I've got a few I downloaded from YouTube (with the VideoDownloader plugin for FireFox), and they're kind of fun...but I really haven't learned much from them.

[Jas]

I know this post is a bit late, but:

Video Tutorials are only good if the person making the vid explains everything well (Not just typing code; in my opinion SampsonResume.com does a great job with that). There are obviously some bad coding vids out there, but if you find some good ones, I think they help a lot.

[Twey]

But isn't it just a high-bandwidth version of code with comments?

[Jas]

Not at all! Check out www.sampsonresume.com and see for yourself. It's nice to have an "instructor" every now and again to get you started. It's definitly not a replacement for text, but it helps a lot. I got started on PHP with them (John Sampson talking me through everything), and when I finished those-- as well as www.phpvideotutorials.com (Which is great for basic syntax) and some www.killerphp.com (I think that's the URL; there's not a whole lot there, just some alternate syntax like print instead of echo)-- I read up on the stuff I saw. From there it was all a breeze. I suppose we might just have to agree to disagree on this one? lol.

[Twey]

Check out www.sampsonresume.comThe videos appear to be broken somehow -- none of my players can play them.
as well as www.phpvideotutorials.comThis is a domain placeholder page.
and some www.killerphp.comThe videos here are all in Flash.
I read up on the stuff I saw. From there it was all a breeze.But surely watching someone type echo 'blah'; and say "and here we're outputting 'blah' to the browser" is exactly the same as reading
// And here we're outputting 'blah' to the browser.
echo 'blah';... just several million times the bandwidth?

[Jas]

lol. The vids/sites are working fine. (sampsonresume need windows media player.) And disagree about it being the same-- it's faster, though it has less info then reading. I will give you the fact that reading is more effective.

What's really funny is this thread has long since died, and we keep posting on it. lol.

[Rockonmetal]

Video tutorials are good for any script as long as the director does 2 things:
1. Type slow enough so that you don't have to pause *or just provide the code in an external document...*
2. Tell what each like does "Like this line says hi!"
3. Good tutorial for me was this they always had some *its basic but later on you can build stuff off it...*
http://www.w3schools.com
Just look down the left menu till you find "Learn PHP" or something like that...

P.S I am trying to make my own php tutorial site, but it isn't working out so good lol

[wirestyler]

video tutorials have there place, i feel, since people base their model of the world off different sensory input. people who model their world around auditory may make use of these videos more aptly then someone who is kinesthetic, for instance. In most cases these videos are meant to supplement the php.net manual and not as a stand alone. However there are a few out there that teach more than just theory.

the better videos out there go through simple things someone reading for hours may overlook, while reading, but pick up right away watching a vid.

a good site to visit for beginners looking for free vids is 3dbuzz.com (http://3dbuzz.com), you'll need to join forums there to access their many tutorials.

[djr33]

I like video tutorials, but for writing code.... not sure how helpful that can be :p

[Twey]

Agreed, I agree entirely that video tutorials can be useful (and I would and occasionally do make use of them for e.g. Inkscape or the GIMP) but code is code, whether you're watching it being typed out or not. Wirestyler, you're suggesting that it's the sound that's important? Certain people do learn better if information is presented aurally. You could be right on that point, although I'm sure there are better methods than videos to present this information in an ordered manner, like a "click the line of code to hear an explanation" type of interface. Perhaps an idea for a future project... hmm.