How to become expert in PHP & MySQL?

How to become expert in PHP & MySQL?

Anwered 2010-03-08 00:08:37 by Rounder

there's only 1 way - put in the keyboard time

Anwered 2010-03-07 23:52:06 by Jim

there is always going to be somebody better than you.
so I am not sure if there is such a thing as an "expert".
and I find that different people have different strengths in different areas.

first off, there are tutorials at http://w3schools.com
start there.
then download the chm "enhanced manual with notes" from php/net and start reading. If you can digest it all!

You will find that PHP is a HUGE language with many extensions. it's sort of like looking at the Python book for the first time, only thicker.
it is capable of objects too.

I use PHP to batch-process the menus for my entire 600-page web site (by using special comments as begin-end points), and also upload the changes for me. takes 15 minutes. I do 3 sites that way. but the mkdir() command doesn't work on web servers due to the permissions!

get XAMPP or better yet WAMP and start developing with it. but don't do your development on a production server if you can at all avoid it!

Anwered 2010-03-07 23:38:42 by David

1. Get PHP and MySQL books.
2. Study said books.
3. Practice.

Anwered 2010-03-07 23:41:24 by Guido Struben

w3schools.com is a good way to get started.