Do you have recommended resources for a total php noob?
Beginner-Friendly Tutorials and Courses
The official PHP manual It’s the best place to understand core functions, examples, and the most recent updates in PHP. To be used for consultations.
W3Schools PHP Tutorial: beginner-friendly. It’s easy to follow and gives you simple examples that you can run quickly.
PHP: The Right Way: good overview of best practices, coding standards, and modern PHP usage.
Laracasts is more known for Laravel (the framework) users, but they have a fantastic PHP basics series.
There’s a comprehensive YouTube tutorial from freeCodeCamp that covers the fundamentals of PHP.
PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja by Kevin Yank
Modern PHP by Josh Lockhart
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