I totally agree with Erik - you need to either have direct access to your webserver, or have php installed on your local system... -- you need to be able to tweak things without having to upload every little change every time.
What is your programming background ?
If you know C or javascript you'll find php quite easy - all you'll need is command/syntax checks -- I 'learnt' php simply by relying on the 'function documentation' on the php website.
For web stuff, a good knowledge of http, or "
how the web works"
is advantageous.. Remember, php is "
just another language"
that can be used without a webserver. However, as it's designed for web usage, it tends to have inbuilt functions to handle typical http-related functions.
Finally, if you (or any other DRODers) would find it useful, you're welcome to a login account on my server which has php and apache, so you can learn via that.
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