Quick Introduction
 

Hi, Names Howard or Nickname: Luminous

It was suggested i joined a programming community as i'm wanting to learn PHP and SQL

So hoping their will be some good information and advice on here :-)

Cheers
Howard

Welcome to TalkPHP.

Welcome to the community, Howard! You will get yourself plenty of help here :-) Are you from the Suffolk in the UK? If so, I lived across in Norfolk a couple of years ago, and it is a beautiful part of the country!

Welcome to TalkPHP!

Thanks for Welcomes Everyone :-)
Sure does look a good site, and everyone seems very friendly!

Yes I am from Suffolk in the UK , it sure is a lovely area to live in :-). And sorry just I realised put thin in the wrong section!

Is there any php books you would recommend for a beginner to start learning php?

Thanks
Howard

Welcome to TalkPHP, Howard. :-)

Thanks Salathe:-)

Don't worry about it being in the wrong section :-) I don't personally believe that books are the best thing for a beginner to programming, but that could well be based on the knowledge of my own learning processes. I always do better to find a documentation on the programming language, such as PHP.net's: date() and sprintf(), for instance. Then think of something to code. My first PHP application was a PasteBin type of application. That helped me figure out all the basics of PHP, and then I read up what I needed to know to further my application! The only PHP book I have is an advanced PHP book, and that's only because such techniques are difficult to find on the internet.

Ok thanks for the suggestion Wildhoney, I'll have look at the links and take it from there :)

Many Thanks!