im thinking about quitting php please help

[silverglade]

im actually thinking about quitting php and just doing web page design without any programming because i cant translate what i learn from the books into projects i can do. does anyone know how i can start doing projects for newbies i dont know how to start, or what projects to do, i only have done an email form and a calculator. please any help appreciated greatly. thanks derek

[NogDog]

There is no "magic bullet" I know of that will suddenly make things easier. What I would recommend is that, if possible, you take some introductory programming courses, not necessarily in PHP. What you probably need is a more in-depth understanding of the various concepts common to all programming, so that you can start thinking like a programmer.

PS: duplicate threads merged.

[bpat1434]

I agree with Charles on this one. It's best to have some understanding of programming (even if in another language). I started learning C++ back in High School in my Science Research class (talk about stretching the word "science"). After that, when I got into college, I was asked by a friend if I knew PHP which is where I started picking up basic PHP and later turning it into what knowledge I now have.

Worked out well for me; however, I gave up some of my college credits to learn PHP....

[John_wilson]

Some of the things I did, (I had a similar problem to you) ,

I got scripts off hotscripts ( the free ones), I looked at them, like killmonster and then I tried to generate a game/application which maybe used that code or parts of it.

Its probably not the best way to d it, but it worked for me, I got to look and study lots of code without it being in a book, and you actually get to see it working.

Hope that helps

John