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Learning PHP and MySQL – Good Books to Have

July 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blog News, PHP, Useful Links and Resources

If you are serious about learning PHP and MySQL, you need good resources. There are many online tutorials and websites, and I have listed some really useful resources in a previous post. If you are like me and prefer to not read off a screen, and instead like to use a book, there are many [...]

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CMS’s – Another reason to master PHP

July 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments · PHP

If you are interested in web development, then you’ve probably at some point discovered, dealt with, or cursed at a Content Management System (CMS). This is actually one of the main avenues through which I discovered, and decided to learn PHP. Installing a CMS and modding it to get it to look like you want, [...]

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PHP Resources

July 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments · PHP, Useful Links and Resources

I am still working on the starting stages of PHP, with real life and other obligations interfering frequently, so progress has been a tad slow. However, I have been spending a lot of time on different websites and forums learning, and getting motivated. In this post I will share some of these useful links and [...]

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Some database tools – phpMyAdmin and HeidiSQL

June 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Data and Databases, PHP

In my last post I talked about dealing with a .sql file from the command line. This worked well, but there are other ways to interact with your databases that are GUI based, and perhaps easier for someone accustomed to dealing with the GUI interface. The two that I am currently playing with are PHPMyAdmin [...]

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The Next Step – Collecting my tools

June 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · PHP

So now I have my laptop all set up so that I can write and test php code. My next step was to collect the remaining tools I need to start, so first I had to decide what I’m going to use to write and edit my code. I’ve always liked Notepad for HTML coding [...]

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