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PHP for Absolute Beginners
Monday November 16 2009
I just ordered PHP for Absolute Beginners which should arrive sometime around Christmas which is right when I start a 10 week vacation from teaching. Clearly I will have lots of time to go through this book and learn. I’m planning on doing every exercise in the book from cover to cover. Hopefully by the time I’ve finished the book I will have the fundamentals of PHP down.
Why a book? Well I learn better from books than reading online. Also because my knowledge of PHP is limited to opening and closing a php statement I am truly an absolute beginner and will benefit from a very structured approach. Additionally a book will allow me to annotate the pages, which is something you cannot do with a web site. Once I’ve gone through this book and learned the basics I plan to start in on CodeIgniter so that I can make add-ons for ExpressionEngine.
Sean inscribed these words of wisdom on Monday Nov 16, 2009 at 02:18 PM
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Richard Angstmann wrote 66 words on Monday Nov 16, 2009 at 07:11 PM
Excellent. We are on the same journey, and have had the same setbacks.. I remember talking to you about this probably a year ago
I have a couple of PHP books on my Amazon wishlist, and with Christmas approaching, I’m hopeful to pick a couple up - so looks like we’ll still be on the same timeline 
Good luck with the learning when the time comes.
Sean wrote 55 words on Monday Nov 16, 2009 at 07:39 PM
Richard,
Yeah I’ve been saying I’m going to do it for awhile, but I finally got the book and am looking forward to diving into it. Will probably make for good blog post fodder as well.
Have you got a blog? if so let me know where it is and I’ll subscribe to the RSS.