[plug] Learning PHP advice

[Jonathan Young]

On the topic of your message Chris, this appeared on Slashdot today:

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/16/2146207

> Author: caston
> Date: 2006-02-21 16:52 +800
> To: plug
> Subject: [plug] Learning PHP advice
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I applied for a job administering 500+ machines late last week
> that was asking for a graduate and said that PHP experience
> would be desirable.
> 
> I told them I had been self-employed for the last four years
> and that I did not know PHP but would learn it.
> 
> I did a bit of pascal, c/c++ vbscript, vb6.0 in highschool
> and TAFE and of course have always dabbled around in html.
> Would have been nice if they had of thought web based programming
> back in the late '90s and school though ;)
> 
> What resources would you recommend for learning PHP?
> Should I start at 4,5 or 6?
> 
> I have quite a few commercial ideas for websites that I am
> eager to implement as part of the learning curve.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris Caston