How to learn php?

[AddioxTechn]

Hi friends,

Can any one please tell that from where I learn PHP?

Thanks in advance.

[jscheuer1]

You should get yourself a local server like WampServer:

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

or XAMPP:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

There are perhaps others. One of these isn't necessary, but will really help you as you learn and later as you test out pre-production code.

To actually learn, one of the best resources, though a little tough for the beginner, is PHP.net:

http://www.php.net/

Though I haven't used their PHP stuff, w3schools is pretty good for lots of web stuff and is generally easier for the beginner:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

There are also tons of free PHP scripts around the web. Use Google to find them. Though not always written to the best standards, they do provide examples that will help you learn the basics and/or build your own scripts.

[Schmoopy]

Once you've started looking at the basics, by far the best way of learning PHP in my opinion, is to just start making a website. Doesn't need to be anything particularly complex, but this will help you greatly with understanding how PHP fits in to building a site.

Get an idea for a site, and build it - you'll learn a lot along the way by having to figure out the solutions to certain problems.