Okay I’ve wanted to start learning PHP for a while now ; I’m 16, I know Visual Basic (I know it’s easy, but I did it for fun and I learned it pretty quick) - so I do have some background with Coding.
Problem is, I don’t know where to start learning PHP. I want to create my own site using only Dreamweaver and PHP, and I’m stuck on the PHP part… Where do I go so that I can learn simple PHP coding and database, (Like registering an account, Logging in, Profile) – I tried youtube videos but I mess up every time I try to follow what they do and It’s so frustrating because they can’t help me
For writing code, all you really need is a good text editor. Though you may eventually want an IDE (if you stick with DreamWeaver, please avoid using design view)
And eventually you may want a good Virtual Machine
But you don’t need to worry about more advanced things to get started.
Maybe you can find any paid tutorial, there are some good tutorial sites for low cost (I’m afraid I can’t tell you the url, just google it), usually the tutor would be glad to provide some helps if you have any questions. I think it’s good for a start, then you can learn deeper by discussing any obstacles, techniques etc in a forum like this.
My thought for learning stuff is to think of something you want to do, think of a site you want to write, then figure out how to code it until it does what you want. I can never get on with tutorials in the form of lesson after lesson of stuff, attempting to achieve a goal makes it more focussed. Just my opinion.
Paid tutorials might be a good option for some, but the OP might get on just as well with a free web-based one, then maybe expand to something paid-for later on, if required. Trick is knowing which are good and which are not - there are many web-based tutorials out there (and college courses, if the kind of questions that appear regularly on here are anything to go by) that are still teaching out-dated methods such as the old no-longer-supported mysql library calls.