Is there a thorough method to learn PHP?

[dbarasuk]

Hey,
I've been struggling buying books to learn PHP, but every time i do, I see that every book has its own specialty of teaching php.

Then I turned to PHP manual and started over again. For example, if I want to learn Mysql PHP functions, I type in the online manual something like msql_query to see all the related functions show up.

But I am addressing my question to expert PHP programmers to ask if there is not better method or thorough one that I can use to learn PHP from A To Z without skipping something that is important in the learning process.

Can anybody tell me what to do to learn from beginning to expert level(a good methodology please.)?

Another question: I have never seen a hard copy kind of book of the PHP manual in shops. does it really exists outside its online version?

Thank you.

[PHP_Chimp]

There are a lot of good threads in the library [webmasterworld.com]. There are a load of good suggestions in the charter [webmasterworld.com].

If you have the time then I would suggest carrying on as you are. As making and correcting your mistakes is a very good way to learn. Read lots of information and try it out, make something then try to break it. If you can break it then remake it so that you cant break it.
Ask questions, here is a very good place for that ;)

There is rarely only one way to do something, so your way may be better than any other way. New ideas are vital, so a new novel way of doing something may well turn out to be better than the older way...on the other hand there may well be a very good reason for not doing it that way. Its all part of the experiment :)