I'm crossposting this from a contribution I made on another forum ... it helps to clarify that forums are absolutely RIGHT for sorting our specific queries and issues, and absolutely WRONG as a method of learning a complete new skill such as PHP programming!

I have to agree with xxxxxx that a forum's not the ideal way to undertake a major task such as learning PHP and working our what scripts written for you do. That would be rather like driving from London to Edinburgh up the A1 on an old tractor ... a perfectly legal thing to do, but a very longwinded way of doing things, and very irritating indeed for all the traffic stuck behind you. Keep the tractor (forum) for what it's good at - such as pulling cars out of ditches - and get started another way.

There's plenty of online tutorials on PHP. there's books some of my favourites and there's various training courses too. Indeed, I'm presenting one next month - link - and would welcome you. I would even say "bring your script along and I would ensure that all subjects you need would be covered". That's a great, practical way for you to get going, and be helped though the difficult early stages of doing the legwork!

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