This is a small example of the ‘bad’ form of variable naming. What’s bad about it is the fact when you read the code: echo “This $a $b is a $c <br>“; it is all but impossible to guess which variable is which. Contrast this with the ‘good form’ variables, which is much easier to […]
Hi all, I struggled over this perhaps more than I needed to, but I really want newbies to understand what PHP is. So that’s the first chapter. Comments welcome, of course. Here’s a link to a short PDF. Joy of PHP Chapter 1
Click here to download the first 9 pages of the book, which includes the full table of contents. Joy of PHP – Table of Contents
PHP is a great programming language. It’s free, powerful, relatively easy to setup and learn, and it has extensions and frameworks available to do almost anything you could imagine. Frankly, it’s just plain fun too. But if you’ve never programmed before or have programmed before but not with PHP and want to learn it, wouldn’t […]