"sarah rosen" <sa*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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For a NON-Technical person how easy is it to learn PHP ? (for website
changes - mostly minor changes)I have never done any programming.
If any one would be kind enough to let me know I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Sarah
Well, this is purely subjective, I would venture to say that would depend on
your grasp of certian things now, such as (but not limited to) HTML, The
differnce between Client-side/Server-side, and if you can program your own
VCR, Cellphone.
Please take not any offense to what I am saying, but it is rather a
subjective subject. Some may say quite easily, some may say hard. There is
no right/wrong answer, it is your ability at this point.
Oh Boy, I am starting to sound like a showlin priest (however it is
spelled)
If you feel that you are web savvy, then you just might be able to pick it
up, dont let others fool you, some try on purpose to make it look harder
than it really is. I tought one of my employees PHP, he didn't know he had
it in him, he was a rather bright kid. So I had him work with me on some
projects, asked his opinion on a few things, and had him research ansewers,
and then implement the code. After the project was over, I showed him how he
coded the entire thing, I just help debug, and guide the project. He did all
the programming himself.
Just pace yourself, let it catch on at its own pace, and if you decide to
buy a book, buy one that you are able to start learing from the moment you
pick it up. If you pick up a book, and thumb through it, and it all looks
like giberish, thats not the book for you, look for one that you understand,
and you start to learn, just from a few pages in the begining. Skip all the
history of stuff, but only for this quest to find the book, after you buy
it, read it from cover to cover.
Well, that was probly more information than you expected, and probly tells
you nothing. :)
Hmm, maybe I should think this whole priest thing......Na, not for me.
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Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools