learning PHP

hey,

Im going on holiday soon, and it seems strange but i want to take a book/video for learning PHP , im not a beginner but i learnt when PHP 4 was out and i dont know OOP and the best practices of stuff so i want to fix that…

so i was wondering if anyone can recommend any websites/videos/books that i can get for holiday.

dtbaker said
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/object-oriented-php-for-beginners/

yh, i seen that i also downloaded the courses from tutsplus and i have downloaded JeffreyWay’s oop code videos, just need to get as much content as possible.

is the anything else people can recommend…. any for wordpress plugins as well?

I learned wp plugin from JeffreyWay’s premium course on tutsplus.com.

WordPress Plugin Development Essentials by Jeffrey Way @Tuts+

yh, i downloaded all the tutsplus videos..

the thing is with Jeffrey Way’s WP video is it does not show how to make plugins you would see sold here (where it has its own menu system, pages, settings)

PS, on holiday.

aaranmcguire said
yh, i downloaded all the tutsplus videos..

the thing is with Jeffrey Way’s WP video is it does not show how to make plugins you would see sold here (where it has its own menu system, pages, settings)

PS, on holiday.

It does, see chapter “Options and Settings APIs”. ( Adding an Options Page )

Also make sure you check wp.tutsplus.com.

Philo01 said
It does, see chapter “Options and Settings APIs”. ( Adding an Options Page ) Also make sure you check wp.tutsplus.com.

@Philo01

yh, i watched it all… some of it i can use the register settings bit, but i want the settings in the plugin menu….. you have a awesome plugin in for wordpress (the envato stats one), how did you learn?

and yh wp.tutsplus.com has some good stuff.

• Nettuts+
• WordPress Codex
• Looking at the source code of other plugins

Read “Administration Menus” if you would like to create your own plugin menu.