Posted by NEWS on 12/27/05 19:26

"Marian Heddesheimer" <231205.8.nolink@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:44:05 GMT, NEWS wrote:
>
>>I have heaps of experiance with C++, meaning about five years. I want to
>>learn PHP and was wondering if anyone knew of a E-Learning course worth
>>the
>>price.
>
> All the OOP stuff should be easy for you if you already know C++.
>
> But PHP programming is completely different than C++ programming
> regarding all the form stuff and superglobal variables that you have
> to learn (like $_POST). It's still a script language and not a
> compiled language like C++. Therefore you have to understand another
> session model and that a web server cannot recognize you as user per
> se. So you have to learn PHP session handling as well. These are all
> issues that you can learn with PHP 4 as well.
>
> I am offering an online course for PHP (still in version 4) in Germany
> for which I received a lot of positive feedback. It is well worth the
> price, because some people understands it better that the PHP books.
>
> I am currently translating these to English, so that I can offer them
> on the English speaking market as well.
>
> Generally, you should look if a course is of good quality. Always try
> to get a demo or some free stuff first. Most of the German courses
> that I have taken as a learner was cheap crap that costs me a lot of
> money. This is not true for my courses but I'm not telling you the URL
> here ;-)
>
> Marian
>

I found Spainsh and German courses but not one English course. Let me know
when you
have an English course up and running. I enjoy learning from books and but
they are so
outdated by the time you buy one. I know a bit about sessions but feel what
I know
is just enough to be dangerous.

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