"Programming" is writing instructions to make a computer to do something.

Programming has words and syntax. It is writing. It is just another language!

There are many different languages for programming. Just like human languages, you can say different things better in different languages.
For example: C is better for talking to the computer hardware. PHP is better for talking to the web.

Learning php

PHP is a "scripting" (not compiled) language which has features that work especially for web programming.

(PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, which doesn't really mean much of anything – it was just made up to answer the question "what does PHP stand for?"!!)

Since PHP is intended to be used through the web, you need a web server such as apache installed on your machine to practice it.

PHP tutorials

• 11 feb 2010 Guide to the PHP Manual
  The PHP Manual is great - it has everything about PHP. Which means, it is very big!
  This page tries to show you what you really need to know from the manual.
• 11 feb 2010 Formatting your Code
  How and why to write clean, beautiful code.
• The james php tutorials [zip - ]
  (Beginning tutorials: How to learn php, variables, arrays, flow, files, functions, security. Includes the scripts listed below)

Javascript

Javascript is a "scripting" (not compiled) language which runs in the web browser. It is a "client-side" language.

more

links and faqs

• a list of programming words and definitions
• links to sites about hacking
• links to sites about open source
• links to sites about programming
• links to sites about getting programming jobs online

codes

• a table of the ascii codes
• a table of the symbols
• a summary of the generations of languages

Search this Programming section: