PHP Newbie

[brewmiser]

I have been learning PHP for about 2 months now. So I am pretty new at it and I was wondering if anyone is using the latest PHP, version 4.2.3?

I just got it installed and was starting to learn funtions, but I can't seem to get any of the functions to work. I am using IIs to learn on which is installed on my XP system. Has anyone else had this problem or is just something the I am doing wrong?

[Mntsnow]

actually the Newest version is 4.3.0 :) which came out the end of december 2002.
I am currently running 4.2.3 for this site and have yet to upgrade my dev site to see if it runs good with the site software. btw I run the site on win2k advanced server & on a "sme" linux server

You might check out my article in the articles and reviews section of the site called "phpnuke on iis" in the misc & guides catagory.

Welcome to the site! Glad to have you here

[brewmiser]

Thanks and glad to be here. I will look into the newer version and will check out that article.

Thanks again.

[Hickman]

If I were going to learn php, I would install Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Apache works great for php. I've used it many times.

[tyme]

If i wanted to start leaning php, would basic tools would i need, and a good text book?

[Mntsnow]

To learn PHP all you really need is a server setup with the php engine and a text editor (I actually use dreamweaver) and as for books at this time I just use the online documentation that is all over the place.