Help to learn PHP?

Question

I need to learn PHP. I know HTML and Javascript. Which PHP IDE/editor should install? Any great free web resources? I am at the beginner level.

Answer 1

Just use notepad on your PC. But if you are adding this to a webpage, and you are using Front Page or other tool, just use VIEW HTML and type.

Here is a great place to start
http://us2.php.net/tut.php

And here is a terrific resource.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

You can install PhP and MySQL on a virtual server installed on your own PC, but it is a headache to install and requires serious skills you probably do not have yet: NOT worth the hassle, believe me!
Use a LAMP server (Linux-unix/Apache/Mysql/Php): cheap, as PhP and MySQL are open source.
Develop using Notepad and upload your files directly to the server.
Run and debug them ON-LINE using the major browsers:
IE7:21% users, IE6: 34.5%, IE5:1.5%, Firefox:36%, Moz:1.3%, Safari:1.7%...
(really: IE6/7 and FF).
For HTML, CSS, java, use www.w3schools.com.
And, for the PhP reference, use www.php.net: the ONLY true and up-to-date documentation.
Do NOT use "free web ressources": they are designed for a wide audience and hence, over-complicated and difficult to adapt to your needs (i.e. a chat-line source contained hundreds of pages and was reduced to just a few when "reviewed").

Answer 3

Try this. It will quickly get you up to speed in writing your first script.

PHP Tutorial: Writing Your First PHP Script
http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/feedbackphp.shtml

Answer 4

just click this free tutoring website http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/

Answer 5

http//:w3schools.com