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Hi, ok so I am trying to learn a programming language (PHP) which would also be my first one, so that I can write some dynamic web development applications with it. Some may argue and say that it is a scripting language, well it is but then some may also say that it can also be categorized as a programming language… I have been looking at some online resources and have been trying to learn it by reading things up about variables, strings etc but I just cannot get my head around it, what should I do? I really want to be able to code well and use PHP… I read a page before and another guy had the same problem and another person answered by saying that “you need to know how computer programming works, not a specific language but just computer programming in general” Would I be able to grasp the concept of PHP by learning computer programming? I know XHTML and CSS but they are mark-up languages and I can understand and use them quite easily but I just don’t understand how PHP works…. Advice here would be great thanks, have a nice day btw.
To Zanzizi, Yes i do have a server setup, I installed WAMP about a month ago, you would most likely know what that is. I do understand that it is a big learning curve when it comes to programming, i’m just gonna have to absorb all the info on it and practice i suppose. Big thanks to all people who answered.
To Zanzizi, Yes i do have a server setup, I installed WAMP about a month ago, you would most likely know what that is. I do understand that it is a big learning curve when it comes to programming, i’m just gonna have to absorb all the info on it and practice i suppose. Big thanks to all people who answered. Expect for Sponge, he probably had a brain malfunction or something…

I disagree with Gr1m : "PHP is not dynamic" – yes it is.
It creates HTML ‘on-the-fly’ and hence is dynamic which is what I think the OP meant.
To the OP (Original Poster fwiw): I suspect your main problem is marrying your markup knowledge with a programming language.
It is a messy business.
Try the simple stuff first, like putting a value in a variable and getting it to appear in the browser.
You do know that you need a webserver to write php right?!
It’s the webserver that sends any <?PHP or filenames ending in .php to the parser.
[I hope you'll excuse me if my terminology is incorrect - I'm an asp.net person].
The parser then sends plain text to the user’s browser that requested the page.
If you don’t have a server then you can’t code in php – hm, correction, you can code in php, you just can’t run it to test it.
Much like not having the Java Virtual Machine and trying to run a Java based application.
Checkout: Installing PHP under Windows:

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Apache/Installing-PHP-under-Windows/

Alternatively, if you have Windows XP Pro then you can install Internet Information Services (aka IIS).
I have not installed PHP on a windows machine before and can help you no further with that.

Good Luck and Have Fun!!

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