Learning PHP Fundamentals
After the first week of studying some fundamental processes of PHP I have found that the language seems quite easy to pick up. There is a vast amount of new syntax to learn and to add to my vocabulary but I am sure this process will pick up pace in due course.
The syntax presented isn’t far more complicated than say, XHTML, as a lot of the functions I have read about relate to inputs in forms, such as the name attribute.
I know this is only scratching the surface but it will naturally lead into more complicated functions and will enable me to increment my learning.
What I am aiming to achieve is to be able to build an eMail form and an image upload page from scratch. There are many scripts to download and implement in the use of web pages but I want to understand mechanics behind it all. I have used script in the past to process data and have eMails sent from webpage but they were merely included without moderation or understanding from myself.
From reading tutorials on the likes of w3schools.com I have found that there is also some creativity in the process of developing code. There are plenty of ways to build a script that will produce the same results. Not that they are all correct but it does open the possibilities of creating something new which will try and peruse in the future.
This week I have looked at sending mail forms and redirecting browsers and as of next I hope to write in this blog that I have managed to learn the fundamentals of creating an image upload system for a image gallery.
I feel I may have miscalculated the amount of time required for both research and learning in my SMLP because I seem to be learning as I am researching. Part of my learning is to build some small apps and display them here http://www.samcrawshaw.co.uk/a8/new_skilks. These will indefinitely be incorporated into some of my final build so re-evaluating my time in my last blog might give a good insight into why I gave a bad judgment in time.
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