Helibo

When I began learning PHP & MySQL, I found myself downloading pre-made scripts from a website and manipulating them to understand the language. I found this strategy very hard to begin with, but eventually picked it up.

I then moved on to tutorials to further advance my knowledge, and I was helpless. I wasn’t able to understand anything about PHP. All i knew was that MySQL is a database that has information in it, and PHP is some code that you have to write to work with the database to do what you want with the information.

I spent a good month or two trying to understand PHP, when suddenly I found myself reading “Advanced” tutorials. Oh no wonder I couldn’t understand.

Ah` what’s this I see?
I finally found the perfect website that I knew would help. I started reading, and within a week I had gone through everything and started to practice. If you have a rough idea of what PHP & MySQL is, then this PHP MySQL Tutorial is perfect to begin with.

On a personal note, I would suggest going through this tutorial at least 3 times, until you understand and are comfortable in writing the basics of php. Then go ahead and try and write a few scripts for yourself, call it a test if you may.

3 years later after following on with more intermediate tutorials, and having the help from someone i knew personally who was sufficient in the language, and I could say I am now a PHP Programmer.

So to finish off, PHP & MySQL might seem extremely hard for you, but if you just take a read at this website a few times, just read the first 3 areas over and over, and you should get a grasp of it pretty quickly.

Good luck to you all if you think about learning PHP & MySQL.