Serious PHP

[TerryHarvey]

I'm trying to get into serious PHP. I'm not just a "newbie" looking for a bit of fun, I want to really get deep into the language. I know creating this topic signifies my impatience, but I'm really struggling. I've watched all of phpacademy's and jacek's tutorials and I understand most things that they cover, but it's not enough. I want some advanced PHP, but easy to understand tutorials - preferably video tutorials.

Tutorials aren't the only thing I'm looking for. I also want some advice. Tell me how you learnt PHP, how long it took etc. I can't pay for courses or anything like that.

So does anyone have any suggestions? I'd be deeply grateful if you did.

Thanks,
Terry

[bowersbros]

For me to 'learn' php i'd say about 6 months.

but that isnt technically true, sicne I still learn something new every time I code. I learn a better technique to do something, or a safer way to code a specific thing.

I'd recommend you start looking into OOP if you're looking for advanced tutorials, those are usually the ones that cover extensive and difficult to understand concepts.

[TerryHarvey]

For me to 'learn' php i'd say about 6 months.

but that isnt technically true, sicne I still learn something new every time I code. I learn a better technique to do something, or a safer way to code a specific thing.

I'd recommend you start looking into OOP if you're looking for advanced tutorials, those are usually the ones that cover extensive and difficult to understand concepts.

Thanks for the advice. I'll certainly take a look into OOP.

[jacek]

I leant just by playing around and doing silly programmer challenges with a friend. Have a look at the interview-questions tag on stack overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagg ... -questions Some of them are quite interesting problems and hacking them out in php is a good way to improve.

Other than that just practice really.

[bowersbros]

Looks like im never going to get a job then. I didnt have a clue for any of those!