Introduction to PHP Tutorial #1: Starting to Code

In the first video of this 10 part video series, we set up Wamp, Eclipse and we create our hello world script.

[yaworsk]

Hey Lokesh, my pleasure! Thanks for the comment, it's great to get some feedback on how the tutorials are helping people out, sometimes it like throwing darts in the dark. I'm really excited to get both series finished so you shouldn't be waiting too long (hopefully).

[mbirkess]

I am a PowerShell \ VBScript app engineer with no PHP experience,  looking to integrate a PowerShell \ VBScript \ PHP \ Drupal web application for Windows system administration.
This may be premature, but after viewing your intro video this may be be exactly what I'm looking for. No bullshit - straight to the point. Thank you.

[skillit]

Yaworsk1 strikes again!
Last summer i wanted to build an e-commerce site with Ubercart, and you delivered.
Then i wanted to totally hone my skills with the Views module, and you delivered.
Then i wanted to build a more dynamic e-commerce site with event registration, and you delivered.
Now, like +James Creekmore, i'm breaking things, and it's time i settle down and actually learn PHP. Pete, you're the best, and always one (or several) step ahead of me. Thanks so much!

[yaworsk]

Hey Gary, thanks for the comment! And yeah, totally forgot about NetBeans -- great suggestion. In terms of the mailserver, I've never actually used one for my local development. I've always been too worried I'd inadvertently send repeated emails out to people as I tested things...

[yaworsk]

Hey James, thanks for the comment! I really want to get them all out right away because I'm anxious to get on to the module development series, i think a lot of people are looking for information there too. Getting feedback like yours is a good motivator to keep things moving.

[amirsabry]

So excited about this series. You also mentioned going to development of drupal modules; that's really exciting.
Very grateful!

[hhw]

Always Love your videos, thanks for doing this.

[yaworsk]

That's awesome! It's great to see the interest in this series, I should have started it a long time ago. I'm trying to focus on it to get it done asap because I really want to do the module development series. In that, I'll be walking through how I created the Flag Application module.

[garypigott]

That's the beauty of "Antix SMTP Imposter" it doesn't actually send the emails but uses its own client as the email collection so it kind of fakes the email send process but you can still see what would have been sent; so its great for testing (or if you forget your local site login).

[lokeshAnnem]

Thanks so much for your tutorials.I really appreciate your effort and it helps many guys like me. I have been waiting for these tutorials and module development tutorials.

[jamescreekmore]

great video. i cant wait for the rest. i know just enough to break things so this should be helpful. i really enjoy your tuts.

[PreritBhatnagar]

Great effort...very well laid out !!! Good Work :)

[amandahopkenz]

Great and Helpful Video .. thank you and keep posting about PHP and Drupal.

I'm Interested in knowing how to create a payment gateway module .. I already have the PHP code.

thank you again

[garypigott]

Looks like the start of another great video series to add to your excellent Drupal vids.

Might be worth adding NetBeans to your IDE list (great for PHP and has a Drupal hooks plugin); also to possibly mentioning windows mailservers (I use Antix SMTP imposter) but may be thats better mentioned further down the line.

Cheers

[khamislardhi]

thanks i love that . i am moslem i do shar

[perisdr]

Please make a video on how to set up and configure a full php environment. I have tried with Netbeans, Eclipse and Aptana (well that's also eclipse) but I never managed to attach a debugger on my sites. I believe this step deserves an advanced series on its own. Having to debug using echo is absolutely irritating. Keep up the awesome videos!

[perisdr]

Yes I am talking about setting up an IDE so you can debug php. I have been using dsm too but I would much prefer to have my breakpoints and do my job faster. I have been trying to set up Zend Debugger but without success. I am very interested in seeing your future videos about module debugging.

[yaworsk]

I'm not sure I follow you. When you say set up and configure a full php environment, are you talking about an IDE? You mention netbeans, eclipse and aptana... but then you mention a debugger on your sites? It's not uncommon to have to print out variables throughout your code to figure out whats going on... i use dsm() a lot - it prints out rendered arrays / objects & is a function provided by the Devel module (if you are using drupal). I'll be covering debugging in my module development series

[ibroaudu]

Can I run this with simply the Eclipse software rather than Eclipse PHP?

[NewtonEntropy]

Hi! I noticed you didn't mention Netbeans IDE. Just curious why don't recommend it. Is it because it's mostly Java based? Just curious. I like how you mentioned the fact that print "hello world" is a crap start. Again thanks for the vids. I will check out your website too.