Where to find "PHP excercises"?

JanDW · 2009-10-04 23:22:18

I have a very helpful book on PHP/MySQL but I often wish it had exercises to go with the chapters…

I haven’t come across a website with a series of exercises that gradually introduces new coding/php concepts and problems and provides the solution(s) somewhere as well. I guess I can take apart various tutorials, but I thought it would be nice if there were something more structured.

Anybody know of anything good out there?

I’m also interested in something similar for JavaScript and JQuery…

edit: PHP cheat sheet recommendations also welcomed…

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JanDW · 2009-10-05 13:18:10

Or any books out there that have this approach?

Bloke · 2009-10-05 13:40:44

Is this approach too simplistic for your needs?

EDIT: it is a bit old, but claims to have been updated for PHP 5

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JanDW · 2009-10-05 14:02:01

Thanks, Stef. Seems like a nice quick reference for basic concepts. Though it’s really exercises I’m after.

I find theory and explanations of concepts everywhere, but no exercises that require you to tie it together, with accompanying solutions that show good ways of doing things and covers all aspects of the language.

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Bloke · 2009-10-05 14:45:55

Hmmm, there isn’t much is there.

Lots of people recommend PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition. Not seen it myself.

Some other random resources that might hold nuggets of useful info, though nothing that quite fits the bill exactly:

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP
http://lab.bcb.iastate.edu/training/webdev/nmsu/
http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/php-cheat-sheet/
http://encycode.com/wiki/index.php/PHP_Cheat_Sheet
http://www.goodphptutorials.com/

And when you’ve mastered it all, there’s always Project Euler to give the ol’ grey matter a thorough workout ;-)

JanDW · 2009-10-05 15:20:07

Thanks for the recommendations, there are a few I hadn’t come across. Strange that there isn’t more homework/math problem approach type stuff out there…

JanDW · 2009-10-05 15:36:20

BTW there is a fourth edition of PHP and MySQL Web Development in case anybody is planning on buying it.

skyisthelimit · 2009-10-10 08:04:54

You can think of small tasks for yourself. You can study a simple website and assign tasks to yourself. The first and common task is to create a login/password validation page, user registration page along with email sending for activation.

JanDW · 2009-10-10 16:23:53

Thanks… I will. But I’m also looking for criticism or comparison (to other people’s solutions) and I want to gain insight in how to arrive at good code (elegance, security, performance). I guess project Euler comes closest. Even though all the problems are math related and there aren’t too many PHP solutions in the forum it seems.

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lister · 2009-10-11 12:45:30

I found this book PHP Solutions to be pretty good.

skyisthelimit · 2009-10-13 11:32:15

Web Database Application with PHP and MySQL – by David Lane and Hugh E.Williams (Oreilly Media).

This book does not contain exercises but discusses good techniques to design a website.

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