Hey guys, anybody here good in PHP/MySQL? I would love to share ideas on that as well too. I'm a newbie here though, I've joined several portals like this, but haven't seen any Nigerian stuff like this so ... just hoping to get people who do this and probably suggest Seun should add up this to the forum.

Thanks.

i am sure there are lot of guys here, that are quiet comfortable with php. All you have to do is ask a question and you would see the stream of answers to help you out.

But sharing ideas? what kind of ideas? please explain.

What exactly do you want to do with mysql?

not much joge.. just fill that something lyke that should come up in the Forum... i was just trying to bring that up. so ppl could discuss on that topic.

And Kazeey What i really meant was question, ain't ideas. though we could share ideas on PHP/MYSQL if other members are willing to share ideas.

Thanks Guys..

smartsoft:

Hey guys, anybody here good in PHP/MySQL? I would love to share ideas on that as well too. I'm a newbie here though, I've joined several portals like this, but haven't seen any Nigerian stuff like this so ... just hoping to get people who do this and probably suggest Seun should add up this to the forum.

Thanks.

Ask away...

Please anybody, know where I can get easy learning of MySQL and PHP?

To All guys that would like to learn php, this is what you should do.

Visit www.w3schools.com, to know the basics terminologies used etc.

Get Xampp, because i wouldn't advise you to do the installation one by one, or you would get discouraged, especially when it comes to the source distributions of the php interpreter for example. But if you are the adventurous type, why not

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. You can download it here. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Get a php editor, i would recommend a user friendly open source software, such as PHP Designer 2005, designed by Micheal Pham. PHP Designer 2005 brings you a deployment environment that combines PHP, HTML, XHTML, CSS and SQL (Ingres, Interbase, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase and Standard SQL) packed in one single program with build-in dialogs/wizards, access to common code/script libraries, utilities and procedures in a nice and elegant design.

You can obtain it here. http://www.mpsoftware.dk/downloads.php

Get a good php textbook, I would recommend PHP and Mysql Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson without thinking twice.

Get a .chm format, copy of the php documentation from php.net and subscribe to their mailing list.

Visit and frequent Php related forums like the one in Dev Network. http://forums.devnetwork.net/ and register, you would need them for learning new things, asking of questions and also solving of problems.

Go to Zend. at http://www.zend.com. and register, and browse through their beginners tutorials.

And last of all, you don't need to even know everything in the textbook. As I see a lot of people memorizing page by page. All you need to know is the basics, and the syntax. When you are coding, you just need to use textbooks and online sources for references and help.

And yes don't forget frequenting www.hotscripts.com to download source codes, of things you would desire to know how it is built, things like CMS etc. It is quite helpful, when you see the style and pattern of good developers.

And don't forget the "Greatest Google" for anything extra. I think i touched almost all the stuff that would be required?

I've been a web developer for a number of years and I am rather comfortable with building even complex web applications.

Having previous programming knowledge is an advantage since you can easily switch from the regular procedural or object oriented programming to building web applications. But be warned, they are rather different.

All what Kazey's said are good and I'm in complete agreement. However, you must be careful not to get stuck in the forever-student syndrome and continue seeking for knowledge when you should be practicing what you've already learnt. I for instance learnt PHP (the rudiments) in a week only from reading the manual and lots and lots of experiments - may be that would be probably the best way to learn! Everyone has different ways they learn best so you'll need to find yours.

Philip Greenspun is one man you should read if you'll be a serious web developer. Here are my recommendations:

Software Engineering for Internet Applications
Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
SQL for Web Nerds

Good luck!

Wooh thanks for the links. You got me something to read for the weekend , I don't even know where to start. Kazey goes and gets some coffee.

The pleasure is all mine

I for one still believes that there's no greater resource for anything like Google. Give it a shot at all times, you wouldn't regret the time spent doing it.

You can say that again farrel hummm

I have been doing PHP/MySQL over a year now. Maybe I could help and what exactly do you need?

It's like this thread is not going to where the creator want it to go.

So everyone, i just want to ask how you connect PHP to Mysql (i.e. linking a database to php scripts).

I will be glad if you can all share the trick(s) you use.

Thanks.

There are 101 web tutorials available for that! I usually look them up each time I have to work on a PHP script.

google it.

Should i take it that you guys don't have special ways of doing that. I want to know other people's way of doing it, not that i don't know how.

Should i take it that you guys don't have special ways of doing that. I want to know other people's way of doing it, not that i don't know how.

I don't understand exactly what other special ways are there? I mean you are either using mysql_connect or mysqli_connect depending on the extension. And you are either using a native way or calling it within a db abstraction layer. And oh as far as editor is concerned, I just use the Eclipse SDK.

Yeah you can find good tutorials online, and also try using p2p softwares to download e-books on it. A book i highly recomend is "Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL, 3rd ed."

After using that book you will build great sites like www.sexynaija.com and www.karrygo.com

Take care and good luck.

Kris.

Yeah i have that book by Kevin Yank. I have fiished it but am still going over it again.

Hey,
download easyphp using search engines. that saves you from the stress of configuring.
load the phpmyadmin at the taskbar. Use that to create your database and store data.
Inside ur www directory found in the easyphp 1.8 or 1.7, store your php files.

to connect, u need something like
mysql_connect(, )
All you have read can now be applied from there.