Fun place to learn php?

w3schools is definitely a good place to start with.

I would suggest just go to htt://php.net and read the manual. You will learn the fastest.

You have quite a few options, but here are some of my favorites, and where I studied before I got certified(In order from best to worst, though none of these websites are in any way bad for learning PHP): 1. W3Schools - A pretty obvious one, but useful nevertheless. The W3C is responsible for a lot of web standards, and their site, W3Schools is an encyclopedia of coding knowledge, written in an easily understandable, tutorial format. This is a great place to start because the order of the “lessons” is easy to follow, you’ll learn something new in each one, but hopefully won’t get overwhelmed. The 15 basic lessons cover almost every major aspect of PHP, apart from the newer object oriented stuff, if you can learn to comfortably use what’s in these tutorials, you should be well on your way to becoming a proficient programmer. 2. Zend Developer Zone - It has an excellent piece written on PHP which covers everything from the basics to interacting with databases, cookies, basic security and creating an rss aggregator. It is written in the true tutorial format, and is a pretty enjoyable read. This resource is particularly useful because it also contains practical examples, where you can apply what you have learned. It was written quite a while ago, so for example in the databases section, you won’t have to figure out which extension you need (most likely). As far as I have read, the tutorial doesn’t contain any outdated information though, everything is still sound in there. 3. PHP.NET - This is the site of the great PHP Manual, basically the bible of anything and everything PHP. You can find all the built in functions with examples, articles on everything from basics on variables to object oriented PHP. This is by far the most complete PHP resource out there, but the starkness and language might not always be the best for beginners. Once you get into PHP more you’ll find this the best place to go for info, but not necessarily at the beginning. However, I feel that if I had read the PHP manual from beginning consistently, I might have progressed a bit faster, so it’s worth a shot. Another great part of the site is that if you don’t know how to use a function and type it into the address bar in Firefox, like substr_replace, you’ll likely get to the relevant page on PHP.net Okay, well that's enough writing for now. Good Luck! Luke