[PHPNewb]

Hello,
I have been practicing PHP for a few days now and really getting confusing as I go along.
Things I have Learned:
Basic Syntax (Such as <?php ?>)
Commenting a Line
Connecting To MYSQL Database
Variables
Installing It On Computer/Web Server

Now its starts to get complicated and I don't know how to learn things like sessions,arrays,strings,creating tables,etc

Am I missing some kind of step?

[hyjacked]

Ususally you would learn most of that stuff before you dive into the database info. Get a solid grounding before you move up so to speak.

But no problem either way, reading up on what each function that you want to use does is always a good place to start, it's better to know about and understand a function then to just use it. You'll remember it better that way to.

http://www.php.net/docs.php

is a good place to read up on those topics that you've mentioned. It is the main manual for php. It's written in an easy to understand sort of way so that you shouldn't have any troubles getting the hang of them.

As always, feel free to post with more questions you may have.

[mdhall]

Sites such as www.phpfreaks.com have a lot of tutorials to explain php, as well as programs you can download.

[fyrestrtr]

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut can't be beat for some solid tutorials.

[Stefan]

I found that for me, the best way to learn was by just doing things. I thought of a nice script to write (a news script was the first thing that came to mind: basic, yet useful) and then just starting writing. starting looking through the php manual and the book I got for the functions I needed to write the script.

[Acecool]

Originally Posted by mdhall

Sites such as www.phpfreaks.com have a lot of tutorials to explain php, as well as programs you can download.

Dont go there, they steal peoples code, happened to me.

Try making functions, you know how to connect to mysql etc right?

function Connect_To_Database() {
// Put the connection stuff in here
require ("./mysql_user_config.php");

connect to $user $pass etc etc

set $user and $pass etc in the mysql_user_config.php file

}

Simply do this to call the function

Connect_To_Database();

Saves alot of time.