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i will have to check that link out more!
i want to learn php but dont know where to start!
iv only been able to do minor edits to my cms or other php scripts
but thats it all trial and error!
i dont have a clue what im doing!
It amazes me how rarely it's given as a reference, though it's one of the best and more usable I've come to find...
I even have this in firefox as a quickbookmark to get to the function reference quicker: http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=%s&lang=en
Paste this link as a new bookmark, and in the "edit bookmark" box, give it a keyword (I did p), and you can invoke it with an url like "p fopen" which will take you to http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=fopen&lang=en
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I'd say the best way to learn php is to experiment with code. Get a script from www.hotscripts.com and play about with it using www.php.net to learn what the code means will help.
Then you can start on some tutorials which you can get all over the web.
I've found www.tutorialized.com to be a invaluable resource when learning also try downloading ebooks or looking at the many articles on the web which have very detailed how-to's in them for php.
It takes time but it's very satisfying when yuo build something that works.