If you know HTML and/or CSS and want to take your skills to the next level, or even if you are a complete web novice, you really need to learn PHP. Not only is it available free either pre-installed or ready-to-install on almost all web servers, its also extremely fast and flexible too.

Long gone are the days when you had to compile unwieldy C programs in order to add dynamic functionality to websites, because PHP provides everything you need with simple commands you embed in your web pages (in much the same way you do with JavaScript). Whats more, PHP is easy. If youve ever tried to learn it and been put off by a plethora of jargon and technical mumbo-jumbo then youre in for a real treat, because Robin Nixons Crash Courses have helped tens of thousands of people learn the new skills they need.

From the top-selling author of Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript, and starting from the ground up with no assumption of prior knowledge, every aspect of PHP is explained in this book, in logical order with plenty of simple examples, clear explanations, informative figures, and advice on how best to use the new things you learn. If you want to learn PHP up to a solid intermediate level, this book will teach you all you need to know, without recourse to other books and materials. Plus all the examples are free to download from the companion website, so you wont have to type them in to follow along and try them out for yourself.

This course features the following lectures:

Introduction to PHP
Incorporating PHP Code Into a Web Page
PHP Language Syntax
PHP Operators
PHP Arrays
Multi-dimensional Arrays
The PHP Array Functions
Controlling Program Flow
Looping Sections of Code
PHP Functions
PHP Objects
Errors and Expressions
Web Forms and Security
Advanced PHP

Reasons why you will learn all you need from this course:

No assumption is made of previous knowledge.
Every new concept is explained in logical order.
Fully-tested examples are provided throughout.
Each lecture features several notes offering extra, handy advice.
The examples can all be downloaded free from the companion website.