Can I learn PHP in 30 days?

Can I learn PHP in 30 days?

I'm a fast learner but I'm not sure if this web programming language is easy. My college course wasn't computer related so I don't know any programming language. Do you think I can learn PHP in 30 days?

Well, I would advise that you learn html first since you will still need to know some html to use php. BUt actually learning the basics of PHP is pretty easy.

Yeah, I know html pretty well. I know a little of CSS but not too much.

In that case PHP would be pretty easy to learn then. I think you could learn it pretty fast. There are several books out that could probably help you.

I'm reading a PHP and MYSQL book right now. I don't think I'll be able to finish it in 30 days. It's too thick. :p

This could be quite easy to accomplish but nobody could learn all of PHP, even in a year! Functions just keep getting added...

If you already know other languages, then yes, is possible. I knew CGI first. So learning PHP. More like.... learn PHP in two weeks.

Is possible. Depends on person, knowledge and determination.

Welcome to the forum, Neotropic!

I would agree, PHP was my first language, but it's pretty smooth past understanding a few concepts. You don't have to memorize function lists to know PHP, you always have the functions reference available any way (but it certainly helps to have an idea of what PHP has got/will likely have inbuilt and what you have to code yourself).

The way I learnt PHP was to adapt and edit simple web site scripts (contact form was probably the first). I suspect most people got their start that way. Just set a goal to have a web site or a script with certain functionalities and start playing with the huge amount of free code out there until you get it right, at which time you'll realize this is no magic.

TLDR; Get a contact form tutorial, get to it, then improve it with validation, CAPTCHA, etc (plenty of tutorials for each) as you go and you will know PHP before you know what hit you.