Posted by sTony on 11/13/06 16:15

"Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
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> "sTony" <rWorldDesigns@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> | "John Paul" <Johnny@NOTTELLING.nope> wrote in message
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> | > Can anyone recommend a distance learning PHP and MySQL course which
will
> | get
> | > you a recognised qualification at the end of it?
> | >
> | > Thanks,
> | >
> | >
> | You got the wrong idea. Nobody needs to teach you php, you simply need
to
> | learn it. Start by reading a tutorial or two, and then, with a good
> | reference handy and a php enabled server, go crazy. And read lots of
> other
> | peoples code, and read the news as well. Then you will know how to do,
> which
> | is half of the battle. The other half is getting something done, but
once
> | you do, your foot is in the door, and if you do good work, opportunities
> | will come in abundance. The paper credentials are pretty much
> meaningless,
> | and the related technologies change so fast that any course you might
find
> | would likely be at least a little out of date, and quite possibly even
> | obsolite. Just keep reading php.. there's free information everywhere.
> Use
> | it, and good luck.
>
> tony, did you just get here and decide to hit EVERY dead thread?
>

yes I did just get here.. thanks for noticing. Mostly people have been very
welcoming, which seems to be the way of open source, but theres always some
know it all dickhead that can't stand other people having opinions. People
like that can be a little hard to swollow, ya know what I mean. It's like
they get some perverse satisfaction from pointing out the mistakes of
others, no matter how small or insignificant the error. I expect it's only
because they feel small and insignificant themselves. It's really kinda sad.


> this guy knows php already. he wants a certificate.

You must be a mindreader, since the post mentioned nothing about already
knowing php. I wish I could read minds too.

>
> and, saying that paper credentials are pretty much meaningless is a load
of
> hoo-ha. they are VERY important to SOME employers...and those my be the
> employers WITH WHOM he'd like to work! surely you hope that your BA is not
> meanlingless! what kind of fool would that make me, having a PHD?!!!

I don't know steve, what kind of fool are you?

sTony

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