PHP/MySql experts..

[nikweiser]

ok, so i am just now learning the basics of PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.
I am just now understanding how certain things operate what they do, learning what everything means and what it does. Ive only learned a few things, and its making sense to me and i want to keep going.
The only thing is, i try to go look at websites like W3Schools Online Web Tutorials (http://www.w3schools.com) and i find all that information VERY useful, except i dont get half of it.
I am only wondering, if someone will take some of there time and guide me through how PHP works, how you code things and what not.. just explain more of what things do..
no im not asking you to take all your time out of your day, but just to help me a little bit, im willing to take the time to learn if you are willing to teach. we can e-smoke (haha) blunts together and talk and learn shit.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated because this is something ive always wanted to learn and be able to make working databases for working websites and know how to update and fulfill the (customers) needs. (wanting to run some of my own stuff)

anyways, please reply. and thanks:D

[Skink]

PHP Help, PHP Programming, PHP Code, PHP Tutorials (http://www.devshed.com/c/b/PHP/)

Should prove interesting...

[benagain]

The only php I ever got into was just using a php include for website menu links and headers and such.

[nikweiser]

thank you skink, a lot of info here..

[Skink]

Thanks... I am no expert and never could relay a word on the subject,,,thank god for the internet...

[nikweiser]

except one thing.. i still dont know a lot of stuff about PHP, i have no idea how to even code it together for that matter.
basically all i know is definitions and how a few things work

for example i took notes on a video tutorial for explaining what some of the basic things are
like how variables work
how looping works
what logical operators are
flow control
functions and what they do
what arrays are
different ways you can code equations to come out the right way..
SIMPLE things like that.

im either looking for another website that has the basic meanings to everything in PHP, so i can learn all that, then someone just explaining and showing me how to code it together, where to put pieces of code to make them work with each other and shit like that..

sorry if im not making any sense, its kinda hard for me to explain what i need to do, because i have no idea what i need to do

[nikweiser]

i looked around a little more and there is a lot more useful shit, thanks skink i should have looked a little harder first

anymore help would be greatly appreciated

[benagain]

Sounds like you need some examples or sytanx explanations. See this is why I never got into programming or codig of any kind. Even if I learned every statement, I'm just not creative enough to do anything with it.

What are you trying to do? I don't know the answers, but I might be able to help find them.

[RedLocks]

most important thing is to learn the syntax (rules) of the language. Knowing that and having a little PHP pocket reference like oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: PHP in a Nutshell (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpnut/index.html) are great to have. If you become somewhat comfortable with yourself I would suggest trying to get into an easy project at SourceForge.net: Welcome to SourceForge.net (http://sourceforge.net/)

[Skink]

Open Source is god in my book...