[ciapug] Greetings

[Claus]

Tina,

Ahh..the good old days when you could learn HTML, JavaScript, and things 
like that by looking at the source code.  That's the bad part about 
server side scripting.  You can't learn from others (without their 
knowledge).

Read-try-read is the best way to learn.  If you need structured lessons 
then a book would be best.  That gives you projects to work on.  If you 
are the adventurous person that I am then you'll already have your 
project in mind and you simply start on it and learn on the way 
(probably from online references - google and php.net will be your friends).

Actually, in case you don't know. Php.net has a search function that 
finds documentation of the available functions.  The documents there are 
well written and have samples.  User can make comments that sometimes 
adds (or distracts) to the understanding of the function.

If you get stuck, ask these nice guys here on the list.  They gladly 
help you out.

   Claus

> At 11:50 AM 10/20/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to the list and to PHP. I was wondering if any of you had any
>> suggestions where I can go for some PHP training? I've looked all over
>> central Iowa and just can't find anything. Do any of you know of anything
>> that could be helpful?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tina White