Lack of Quality PHP Tutorials??
Is it just me or is there a lack of decent PHP tutorials out there? Being involved in the running of Total PHP I’ve just spent the last few hours trying to source some good tutorials in the hope to compile a list of the best ones I can find… zip. All I can find is poorly written, out dated, poorly designed sites and boring, drab topics. Is PHP development really that bad?
Is it too much to ask for a topic that’s at least mildly inviting, a nicely formatted article with plenty of code examples and even a working demo of what’s being written about? Surely these things should be the bare bones?
If you know of some really good PHP Tutorials please comment and let me know, For now it looks like I’m going to have to have a rethink, and possibly write some top quality articles to show everyone how it’s done.
Although I cannot comment on web tutorials, having never really looked very hard, I’ve always found the php.net official online help is unparalelled in its utility. Plus there is generally a decent code sample to do roughly what you are trying to do somewhere in the comments.
I agree, php.net is a great resource, however it’s not very… exciting. I’ve taught bits and bobs of PHP to people before and always recommend php.net to them, but they don’t use it because of the way it’s laid out. It’s daunting. Take Ruby on Rails as an example, its just all presented in a much nicer way.
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I was just mentioning this somewhere else very recently regarding tutorials for php, im currently learning a range of stuff and php is on that list of things to learn, i see no end of great explanations on css, photoshop, jquery etc but less on php.
My first php tutorial that i did a few nights ago, from a well known tuts site had missing code and mistakes within it, i was suprised at myself at being able to spot this and fixed the problems, but i was equally suprised at the tut being put out there without the author/publisher checking it first.
I have been advised to read the php manual and im starting that tonight, but i have that feeling of where do i start, lol, for a complete beginner it’s slightly intimidating.