Hi,

I have gathered this list of sources to learn php 7. I have ranked according to priority I am giving.

Do you pros mind checking them out and then give your own ranking hich onees you give priority to as a good learning source ?

Btw, these sources never say if they are teaching OOP or Procedural Php 7. Which one should I learn (OOP or Procedural) ?

If you were in my place, as a complete beginner in php, which resources would you use yourself ?

Books

Not sure if these books are any good for complete beginners:

Free Books
https://www.eduonix.com/courses/Web-Development/Learn-PHP-Fundamentals-From-Scratch

Paid Books
https://www.packtpub.com/mapt/book/Application%20Development/9781785880544
https://leanpub.com/php7fromscratch/read_sample

Online Tutorials
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/php7/
http://www.phptherightway.com/

Video Tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVk4_rvYwMs&list=PLei96ZX_m9sUi38p0rjPpQnamn0XgFibd
http://www.shawacademy.com/web-development/how-to-learn-php-programming-online.html?s-page=true
http://findnerd.com/account/#url=/list/view/Installation-of-PHP-and-Apache-on-Ubuntu-Tutorial-1/3513/78

Who Have Been Making Me Recommendations:
http://findnerd.com/account/#url=/list/view/Where-Can-I-Find-Best-PHP-7-Tutorials-For-Complete-Beginners/27841/
http://findnerd.com/account/#url=/list/view/Best-PHP-7-Tutorials-For-Complete-Beginners/27864/

If you want to get an idea why I want to learn php 7 then read the comment posted by Bangali Beta here:
https://www.sitepoint.com/learn-php-7-find-out-whats-new-and-more/

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The PHP web site, www.php.net, has plenty of good tutorials. Check there first.

php.net no good. More of a reference for pro ppl than a tutorial for a beginner.

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php.net no good

The php.net manual, is... a manual. It is not meant for pros. It is as you say full of reference material, giving you the information needed as in the parameters a function takes, what it does, and the return type. Examples are given in most cases.

I have a tutorial here on DW: https://www.daniweb.com/programming/web-development/tutorials/499320/common-issues-with-mysql-and-php

which you may find useful. There are a number of other ones too - take time to peruse them as well as the code snippet section.

Diafol,

Your link is good for intermediate level but not a complete beginner.
Shivya_1, I was asking for php 7 tutorials and not php 5.

@UI. Shivya may be helpless for a bit since basics are basics. I run into folk looking for PHP 7 tuts yet they didn't get the basics down first which a PHP 5 tut would be just fine.

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