Where can I find videos of someone (who knows what they're doing) writing PHP ?

Question

Its been YEARS since I did any PHP.

I am working in .NET but supposed to be teaming up with some PHP people. I'd really like to get up to speed a little in whats changed in the language and the IDE tools - but I really don't have the time nor energy to learn anything. I probably won't have to write any PHP, but I want to.

I'm looking therefore for some kind of videos like these .NET ones where you get to see the IDE, the basic way of working etc. etc. I'm not looking for someone using notepad - I want something where I can see how real expert PHP programmers work.

Answer 1

I find Lynda.com a pretty useful resource, even though the videos aren't free. If you can get your company to spring for the cost of a login it tends to be a pretty decent place for anyone in the office to learn a few new skills.

For free stuff I find the learn list pretty decent and the PHP link in the learn list got me this site for php videos.

Hopefully something useful for you in those links.

Answer 2

Only thing I can suggest is the CodeIgniter how-to videos here. It should give you a general idea how the architecture of a typical PHP app is layed out and how a coder goes about creating it.

Whatever you do, do NOT search for PHP on Youtube.

Answer 3

the thing is that with PHP there is no single "the IDE" and "the way". there is a multitude of tools, frameworks, libraries, extensions, IDEs, plugins, etc.

my favourite IDE for PHP is Aptana and the nice thing about Aptana is that there is Aptana.tv: http://www.aptana.tv/ which has very nice video-casts about all aspects of the IDE...

the Video PHPEditorPart1 is quite close to what you're asking for.

Answer 4

PHP has no specific IDE. You can write it in notepad or vi if you felt like it.

Your best bet is to start reading books. Videos are great but learning the methodology is way more important than learning any IDE. When you watch videos you are missing out on so many side details its crazy.