[pmwiki-users] PHP - slightly off topic but not really

[Dr Fred C]

With your background, it sounds to me like all you need to do is get 
started with small hacks and grow from there. 

For books and a more disciplined approach, I'd go to your local Barnes & 
Nobles or techie University book store and paw thru one until you find 
one that fits your needs.  Or try the online tutorial at 
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials.php or google "php online tutor" and 
find something that fits you.

Personally, I've found the online tutorials for learning webware 
computer languages more than adequate. 

Jan Erik Moström wrote:
> OK, I've decided that I need to learn PHP, among other things I 
> want to be able to hack pmwiki/drupal/wordpress etc, and I would 
> like to have some recommendations of suitable book(s).
>
> I've got a couple of "requirements"
>
> +   Not a "PHP for programming newbies" book, I've been 
> programming for more
>      than 20 years and have experience from Java, C, C++, Perl, 
> Python, etc, etc
>      and work as teacher in programming so I'll skip the "this 
> is how an
>      if-statement works" books.
>
> +   I would like it to contain "PHP best practices" hints/tips
>
> +   I would like to see "typical pitfalls"
>
> +   Preferable "PHP design hints"
>
> And yes, I prefer to read on paper (I've found that it takes me 
> much shorter time to learn from a good book than using on-line documentation).
>
> So does anyone have any suggestions for what to read?
>
>                              jem
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