PHP Basics – Video Tutorials

Only recently have I started to learn PHP and am starting to realize what all the fuss is about. PHP has been around for 10 years and has gained steady increasing popularity.

It is fast, fairly easy to learn, integrates with many database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, ORACLE), used on all major operating systems, and is open source which means there are many add-on components to use (i.e. PEAR) that extend its functionality. It costs nothing to download and all you need is a web server, whether it be open-source (Apache) or Internet Information Server.

Video Tutorials:

Your First Script
Variables
Strings
String Functions
Numbers
Arrays
Conditional Statement: IF Else
Conditional Statement: Switch
User-Defined Functions: Creating
User-Defined Functions: Using
User-Defined Functions: Return Values
Global Variables and Functions
For Loops
While Loops

Here are also some great articles (.pdf) written by Gareth Downes-Powell covering the same and some new topics:

Basics
Arrays
String Functions
Conditional Statements
Functions
Working with Forms