After teaching the PHP for Beginners Class on EduFire.com I am now more up to date on what people want to learn, and how quickly I can move through things.

Below, you will find an outline of the basics…

Is this for you?

If you don’t know any other programming languages, don’t know HTML, this isn’t for you.  If you don’t know how to use FTP, or upload files on to your server/hosting account, this isn’t for you.  If you don’t know what a hosting account or server is, this probably isn’t for you.

If you’ve managed to pass through the above list, you will probably be able to learn something today!

What exactly is PHP?

PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.  PHP processes content on the server side before serving it to the end user, so the end user will never see the PHP code, only the results of it.  With PHP you can add actual functionality (such as searching, logging in, registering, and so forth) to your websites.

Ready to get started?

You can find lots of tutorials on PHP at P2L!

Its a great site for tutorials.