PHP and MySQL Help

[zztech]

Does anyone have a good website to get me started on using PHP with MySQL? I have neither PHP experience, nor MySQL or SQL Server experience, although I do program in VB.NET. Something that is a bit fast paced might be good. Even a good book would work. Thanks!!

[snoop1990]

A great tutorial can be found here at PHP: - Manual (this is very detailed, very good for learning php as an professional but maybe a bit to complex for beginners)

Another php tutorial can be found here PHP Tutorial - Part 1 (this is easier) and they also offer a tutorial but php and mysql PHP/MySQL Tutorial - Part 1. Just try it !

If I have some free time I maybe write a php tutorial for beginners.

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[Jace]

I think W3C.org has quite good tutorials too. I've never followed any of them (I will in 2 weeks ((Vacation, yeah!))). Got a tut for almost any language.

[naives]

I am also in search of Php and Mysql tutorials. I want to try and develop a small application with in a month. Is it possible to study this in a period of a week or so??

[snoop1990]

Php is easy to learn, but difficult to master !

But for beginnings in web development php is the right way to start. Just follow the tut tutorial, some other tutorials there are lot of them free available on the web.

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[naives]

I want to develop a small applications. I need to build a registration system for a competition. Its not to be used over internet. But through the local LAN. I need to develop some forms and write them to the database and get the thing printed in a specific order

[snoop1990]

Some kind of a guest book ?

If that is what you are looking for I could write you some tutorial, because I started writing some month ago, it could be finished in about two or three days if you need it !

[bizzard]

Its not to be used over internet. But through the local LAN. I need to develop some forms and write them to the database and get the thing printed in a specific order

Printing is not at all a problem with PHP. You could use all the formatting available in HTML, CSS and all. For LAN, you need a server to run PHP and MySQL. If its a short time need, try XAMPP. The server files can be accessed over LAN by typing the IP of system in which XAMPP is running. Let me remind you, its just for test purposes and not at all an alternative for a server. There are many security risks behind using it as a server.

[karlpox]

once you know c++ or c, php is kinda similar to that. you can download an ebook and follow that book it can help and just Google for stuff you cant understand