PHP Learning Resources

[ahmed mahmoud]

I want to learn PHP but i don't have any sources if any one can told me about sources for that or sites that talking about PHP

[Markus]

Well, you're at a great site that can help you with your learning of PHP. But, of course, you need some resources to get you started. I, and I assume most, started with w3schools; check out the links of the left - they'll give you a lot of resources for different things.

[Dormilich]

not to forget the ultimate resource—the PHP manual. there are all the functions explained and further insight you can get by reading the comments. (though it is not a tutorial))

[ahmed mahmoud]

thanks for replay
I visited w3School and i read some of it's tutorials but i have a problem to understand what is required to download to begin working with PHP and mySQL
I saw some sites but it made me more confused
so if any one can told me simply what is required to beging with PHP and MySQL server
note i am working on ubuntu

[Dormilich]

@ahmed mahmoud
then it's relatively easy to set up PHP/MySQL/Apache. go to Synaptic and install the Apache, PHP and MySQL packages. additionally visit the documentation.

[Markus]

Make sure you have your software sources pointing somewhere good.

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-cli php5-cgi php5-mysql mysql-server
 

Any dependencies should be automatically installed.