PHP

[dorion]

There is an open position at my school for a part time Web Programmer. I haven't done any web development. Anybody have some good ideas and books so I can dive head first into PHP? I have a few languages under my belt so I'm hoping to get real deep into PHP and grab this job since no one else seems to want it.

 

[presidentender]

Just get the job. I didn't know PHP when I got my first web development job; I learned there.

 

[aceO07]

Install it onto your system and dive right it. That's usually the best way to learn it. Google what you don't know. Amazon search for highly rated books if you prefer books.

 

[sourceninja]

If you really know how to program then php.net's docs should be all you need to get the job done. It's really not much different then 99% of the other languages out there.

 

[Vogel515]

I have been learning php on the job for the last 3 months, it is an absolute breeze if you have any programming experience.

Like mentioned above, there are tons of online resources. Download and install XAMPP or APACHE and go to town.

 

[JasonCoder]

Grab one of the LAMP ready to go VMWare images and party on the bits.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

the basic stuff is super easy.

 

[presidentender]

It even has a sensible foreach construct, with explicit key-values. Yummy.

 

[Woosta]

Originally posted by: presidentender
It even has a sensible foreach construct, with explicit key-values. Yummy.

Stolen from Perl, sure.