Hi, I am a newbie to php and would eventually like to be good enough to get a job as a php developer (I want a career change from 3ds max). However I’ve noticed that most jobs advertised require, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Java, PHP, MySQL, Drupal/joomla, AJAX. So in my infinite wisdom (not) I’ve signed up for courses (home learning) in all of them. I can take my time and do it at my pace. What I would like to ask is what order should I do them? I was thinking HTML was the obvious first step? After that, I’m not sure? Can anyone suggest a reasonable order of study? Thanks.
well you need to learn xhtml/html and css first, they go hand in hand, next I would say php/mysql then you can move on to javascript. In order to learn AJAX you need to know javascript and php! it meshes the two together LOL and once you learn all those you will be able to open up drupal and joomal and magento and all those other CMS’s also make sure you study both OOP php and Cakephp because it will make it easier for you when working in other peoples scripts! But if you program always program in oop 8)