Re: What is the learning curve for PHP?

Toby A Inkster wrote:

K.J.Williams wrote:

Well we wanted to know, what type of learning curve ( of difficulty )
we would have trying to learn PHP?

With a good background in C, PHP is very easy.

PHP's syntax is fairly like C.

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Variable scope is worth looking at before you start:
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php

The biggest difference in syntax is that variables in PHP always begin
with a dollar sign, e.g. $foo.

He, that's always the gotcha when you switch to PHP from C.

PHP has a lot more functions built in to the language, compared to C where
a lot of functionality (e.g. database connectivity, regular expressions,
networking functions) needs to be imported through libraries.

There are core functions, and then there are functions that need to be
compiled in (but usually are):
http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.internal.php

It's worth remembering as a PHP noob that chances are, there's already
a function to do it.

PHP4 has a certain amount of OO support, and PHP 5 has almost as much OO
support as Java does; however, you don't have to use it!

If you want OO then it's probably best to go with a language that was
designed that way in the first place.

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