Gday everyone,
I am a younge aspiring programmer interested in learning php on the side. I am learning C++ next year in University but I do want to learn good webdevelopment skills. Would codeigniter be a good way to learn php? The tutorial I just watched showed how easy it is to use php to use dynamic information with a webpage and id find it very easy to grab information from a database with controllers.

Anyways say gday, post a reply and hope I get to know some of you as i continue on my journey.

Ribskull!

Hi Ribskull.  I’d learn at least the very basics of PHP before you try CodeIgniter, but you don’t have to be a PHP expert to start using CI.  If you already know another programming language that shouldn’t be too hard.  You should at least know how variables, arrays and functions work.

I have basic knowledge of PHP, and ive created a very basic content management system with JSP. But i want to learn php as it is easier to use with hosting, im following the tutorials on the website, its very basic for first one and easy to understand. I’m sure it would be easy to learn with.

CI should be great for you then.  I’ve tried cakePHP but found that CI is easier to learn and less frustrating to debug.

I’m already having a problem, I understand my version of php doesnt allow the shorter tags <?= ?> but it wont work even if i write <?php anchor(); ?>

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yeah im just going through the tutorial first. See my knowledge isnt great.

A couple things to try:
<?php echo anchor(); ?>

The function anchor() doesn’t print anything to the browser itself, so you have to use an echo command or something similar to output it.

The other thing to look at is to make sure that the url helper is loaded.  The anchor() function won’t work unless the url helper is loaded.  You can do this:

$this->load->helper(‘url’);

to load the helper.  You can also autoload it in the file system/application/config/autoload.php

Hope this helps.

yuh fixed, it’s working better now!