Topic: Study of PHP

[Steve]

Any of you guys visit a particular website or forums that is or has helped you learn PHP? I can modify existing script to an extent but i cannot yet write my own or fully understand the language and im looking to expand.

[ygfperson]

write a pet project, and look up information as you go.

[ober]

http://www.phpfreaks.com  They have an awesome site and a very good set of forums.

[Steve]

Thnx guys

[Major_Small]

I just think of something to code and figure out how to do it from the official documentation

(one example: my sig )

[Steve]

i have a few ideas for the website i want to try, gives me some ideas.

[Major_Small]

erm, well... recode some of more menial things you've done in other languages... things that would be more useful in a web environment (when you use PHP, you lose a lot of platform compatibility restraints - all that matters is the server it runs on.)

[ober]

The main thing I would suggest is writing a user authentication system.  Those seem to be the most tricky for most people (or at least the thing that a lot of people are doing).  You could also try to implement a functional calendar or some sort of blog for your site.

[Steve]

Blog was along the lines of what i was thinking, actually. It will check for registered/authorized user, etc.