Curious about PHP?
Odds are pretty good you’ve been to Facebook, or some other database driven website today. Have you ever wondered what sort of code powers these websites? The games you can play are probably powered by either Java or Flash, but the meat of the site is PHP interacting with a mySQL database.
There’s an old saying that the best way to learn is to teach, so I have decided to devote my site to sharing my learning experiences with you, dear reader. I am no expert on PHP yet, but I can promise you that I will not post a script unless it works. That being said, if you happen to see an error, or know a better way of executing a script, don’t hesitate to let me know, either in the comments, or via my contact form. After all, this is meant to be a learning experience, and with any luck, we’ll make something fun and useful along the way!
I’ll be posting a new entry once a week, so make sure to subscribe via RSS to ensure you don’t miss a post. Lets’s go learn some PHP!
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While I will be explaining as I go about what is happening, it will really help your understanding of this if you have a basic knowledge of how websites and HTML/CSS work. Later on, I may add a brief tutorial to get you going, but for now I will assume you know how to interact with a server via an FTP client like Filezilla and have a basic understanding of HTML.
