Suggested resources for a CF User....

[imstillatwork]

Can anyone help point me to some good PHP resources coming from a CF background?

thanks

 

[sleipnir214]

There is the PHP online manual:

http://www.php.net/manual/en

There's also PHPBuilder:

http://www.phpbuilder.com

And, of course, this forum.

Beyond that, I don't have enough experience in ColdFusion to be able to make specific recommendations. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[rycamor]

There is a PHP implementation of ColdFusion's FuseBox framework, if you are interested:

http://fusebox.org/index.cfm?&fuseaction=phpframework.default

First, though, I recommend you read through the online manual (the first link above). The manual is set up for very easy, sequential reading, and skimming. Read through as much as you can, starting from the top, and moving down, and you will be amazed at how quickly it comes to you.

Then, spend some time at:

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http://www.devshed.com/

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http://www.zend.com/

(This is the company behind PHP. The site has many tutorials, code snippets, discussions, etc...)
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http://www.onlamp.com/

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http://www.phpkitchen.com/

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http://php.weblogs.com/

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http://php.faqts.com/

There are many websites with PHP scripts and libraries:
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http://www.phpclasses.org

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http://www.hotscripts.com

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http://www.weberdev.com

I would recommend you check out a nice straightforward application library for PHP, such as

http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/people/voostind/eclipse/

Enjoy!! Take it one step at a time ;-). -------------------------------------------

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http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html)

 

[imstillatwork]

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Good! Cold Fusion is so darn easy to pick up I am reluctent to learn other languages, but that is the best way to screw yourself, so php is the next i learn, asp was no fun, poor documentation, seemingly no real standards for the language.

As foir fuse box, I always use index.xxx with actions, and the form / url variable conversion seems to be automatic in php.

thanks for the help, just need to make time to do it now!
thanks