10 PHP Tutorials for Designer

Posted by IanAlpert on Jun 19, 2010 in CSS, HTML, Pro, Tips | 0 comments

Oh, the joys of learning code. Designers are not meant to code, but ales we do it anyways. A bit of HTML here a bit of JAVA script there, but PHP? Are you out of your mind? Well with WordPress being so popular many have started learning PHP in order to stay afloat. And if you are one of those who has to learn PHP, here are a few choice spots to start:

	http://devzone.zend.com/article/627 This is one of the more extensive collection of tutorials for the beginner PHPer

	http://www.digital-web.com/articles/php_for_designers/ Very well written and geared especially for designers.

	http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/20/50-extremely-useful-php-tools Smashing always does a good job and this one is no exception.

	http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/php/php.html The creator of this site spent more time on the information here and less on the design, but that is OK by us since this is very good resources to look at.

	http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php You dive right in on this site and that is a good path to take for those who don’t want to walk around the pool but rather just jump in.

	http://www.beginnersphp.co.uk/ This is a simple looking site but there is a lot of information for those just starting out.

	http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/php_tutorial_for_beginners/ A very well designed layout and full of really solid and clear information.

	http://phpforbeginners.com/ This whole site is devoted to PHP, but you should probably know a bit about it before you go here.

	http://css-tricks.com/php-for-beginners-building-your-first-simple-cms/ Chris is very good at explaining all things code, so you should definitely spend time here.