Learn-PHP

I have gotten over 7 request in the last 3 days from friends for online resources where they can start learning PHP. I decided to put this list together as a reference point for future request. Everyone is free to contribute to this list.

Requirement

You need to have a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.

Beginners

1. PHP Manual and Tutorial http://php.net/manual/en/index.php, https://secure.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php
2. W3Schools - http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
3. Code Cademy PHP Tracks - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/php
4. PHP The Right Way - http://www.phptherightway.com/
5. Killer PHP - http://www.killerphp.com/php-videos/
6. Laracasts - https://laracasts.com/skills/php
7. PHP Enthusiast - http://phpenthusiast.com/
8. PHP School - https://www.phpschool.io/
9. Awesome PHP - https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php

Intermediate / Advanced

If you have passed the beginner stage, this space is for you

I'd recommend checking out an MVC framework (I'll recommend Laravel/http://www.laravel.com, )

1. PDO and ORM layers for database access
   http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers
2. Dependency management with Composer
   https://semaphoreci.com/community/tutorials/getting-started-with-composer-for-php-dependency-management
   http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/dependency-management-in-php-using-composer
3. Security in PHP ( PHP Security Cheat Sheet )
   https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet
4. Design Patterns in PHP ( DesignPatternsPHP )
   http://www.phptherightway.com/pages/Design-Patterns.html
   http://www.tutorialspoint.com/php/php_design_patterns.htm