Hello, my name is Simon and I live in Denmark, I'm only 14 years old - but I've been doing PHP since I was 9 years old (that's at least when I managed to make my first login system, after realising that I had to store informations somewhere. Damn those readme files doesn't give enough infoz! :D)

Since then I've casually done some PHP and Webdesigns, never really went hardcore - but I really wanna improve those skills which I taught myself from very young, expanding my mind with new ways of seeing things etc. :) Also, I love just doing stuff - put in some jQuery from exactly what I imagined, then fuck if I'm gonna use all day on it - a good result takes it time, and if it's exactly what I imagined, it's usually the time worth.

I've during the time done too many websites and small scripts for people that I can't even remember it all.

Well, hopefully see you all laters!

wow 14 years old? PHP didn't even exist when I was 14....

If you're starting out this young, you're going to be one crazy programmer by the time you're in your 20 if not sooner...

Haha, yeah. But I'm kinda stuck now. I have some problems getting the idea about OOP, which is kinda the next step. :(

Yeah you and me both....

Welcome to the community, my friend! It is really pleasing to see such a thorough introduction.

I was into hardware and networking when I was 14. I then realised I knew them inside-out and moved onto programming at about the age of 19 or so. Like you I made some random scripts. I was never that good, and then at around the age of 21, KarlP (On TalkPHP) taught me more PHP. I began learning Perl because I couldn't grasp PHP, after many years of programming in VB at college.

The reason I began with Perl is because there was a fantastic tutorial to follow on Perl. Karl said it would be fine to learn that, and then try and port over the knowledge to PHP. I understood PHP much better once I had a solid understanding of Perl.

I then decided to make some basic scripts in PHP, and Karl helped me build those. Ever since then I've been programming more and more. OOP was a big step, as it seems to be with you, but eventually I got there! It just takes some time and dedication, and also having somebody -- or in this case with the forum, many people to ask for help and direction.

It is invaluable having a nice, friendly, humble PHP community to help you along with things The good thing about TalkPHP is we appear to have a lot of patience with all skill levels. I've tried asking for help in PHP rooms on IRC, and nobody really seems overly nice and welcoming.

That's why I tried to make TalkPHP as nice as possible. I concentrated on building a nice community. I don't mind how big or small we are, it is the camaraderie I care the most for.

Life story over Welcome! I hope you become part of the TalkPHP family!

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Thanks Wild and Code!

This community doesn't own an IRC channel, does it? :)
That would be pretty cool, instant answers while stuck. :D I'm sure that one could be pretty good, even though I've have the same experince with other IRC channels Wild.

TalkPHP IRC: Come and join us!

in short:


* #talkphp on irc.freenode.net