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Hey guys,

I'd love to learn how to create plugins, MODs, etc..., but I don't know a thing about PHP or MySQL. Where is the best place to go to learn these things so I can make plugins/MODs? It'd rule if I could create them on my own rather than having to pester the community.

It differs from person to person. I tend to prefer learning from books and I would recommend any (or all) of the following:

PHP 5 in easy steps by Mike McGrath (small detailed book which teaches you the basics)
PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites by Larry Ullman
PHP, MySQL and Apache by Julie C Meloni

I would definitely suggest buying one of the last two because they are larger and teach way more than the first.

Thanks DrPoodle. Do you have any online resources that can help as well?

http://www.php.net <- The BEST online resource of PHP commands. (Because they develop it)

As for other sites, a quick Google search will turn up plenty.

I've never had a PHP/MySQL book ever. I've just picked up bit's a pieces over the years but I have to say that Google and PHP.net are your best resources.

do u know where i can learn this stuff for absolute beginners

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp is OK, and I am learning from it, but I have a knowledge of other programming, so you may find it too hard.

http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ is great as well.

You still need to know HTML to get everything though

Damnet dude well at least i got nice people to help

I would strongly recommend learning from a book if you're thinking about making it a career and want to develop applications or projects and want to be a real programmer (not a modder/hacker). Most of the good books teach you good programming practices including OOP, programming patterns, and scalability.

That's the right way to learn programming (via books). Hell, it took me years to know all those things about scalability, code reusability, planning/designing application structures etc., because I learned it all from php manual and looking at other codes. Well, the situation was a bit different back then. The PHP books were total piece of crap, but now you're lucky to have all good resources available.

Yup books are the way to go, Andy Budd makes great books, Elizabeth Castro makes great books, and Laura Thomson. Those are the Authors of which I read their books.
Kind Regards.