https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1035868 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/best-way-learn-php-basics#comment-1206989 <p>Sweet, thanks for the info.</p> Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:47:13 +0000 pr0gr4mm3r comment 1206989 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/best-way-learn-php-basics#comment-1206965 <p>You can download the bundle all over the place, one I recommend (and have no affiliation to) is firepages.com.au</p> <p>Ideally you should download the same version as your host uses, although you can run several versions of php etc on your pc (just have to edit the php.ini to point to the one you want to use).<br /> Some bundles come complete with the manuals.</p> Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:19:38 +0000 Busy comment 1206965 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/best-way-learn-php-basics#comment-1206956 <p>What's this 'php/mysql/apache bundle' you're talking about?</p> Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:05:17 +0000 pr0gr4mm3r comment 1206956 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/best-way-learn-php-basics#comment-1206952 <p>trial and error is a good way to learn, when you stumble across a function or bit you dont understand look it up on the php manual to get an idea of what is happening.</p> <p>If you download a php/mysql/apache bundle you can do it on your pc without upsetting anything (ie crashing the server, which is hard to do but is possible thru bad coding)</p> Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:22:12 +0000 Busy comment 1206952 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/best-way-learn-php-basics#comment-1206951 <p><a href="http://www.php.net" class="bb-url">http://www.php.net</a></p> <p>The manual and documentation is all there, and you can search for functions to use. Very useful site.</p> Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:13:18 +0000 pr0gr4mm3r comment 1206951 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net