Can Anyone Guide...........

[eluser]harry_singh[/eluser]
Hi , i dont think this to be a nice thread but i really want to learn codeigniter but as not having much knowledge of php itself i dont know what to do . just tried a bit to do myself by starting a project for myself . the project is very complex itself ,still i want to stick to that . Is there anyone who can do this ???? .
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[eluser]Choo[/eluser]
What to do? To teach you? Self-education is very good way. Besides CI manual is very informative and easy to understand. Read manual, different articles and practice. If you will have any problems you can post here concrete messages.

[eluser]dmitrybelyakov[/eluser]
Hi Harry and welcome to codeigniter community.

You will definately need some php knowlege, but still you can read'n'learn as you go.
First of all - set up your working environment and keep PHP reference guide at hand.

Next thing to do is to realise what CI does - read the introduction section of user guide, and then have a look at libaries and helpers reference.
Then it's good to whatch CI screencasts as they'll teach you how to do basic things like setting up your application.

After you complete screencast tutorials you are ready to start building your application.

And after all PHP & CI references will answer most of your questions, and of cource the community may be of much help at this point.

Hope you'll make it CI Rocks!

[eluser]harry_singh[/eluser]
Thanks for the reply Choo and dmitrybelyakov . . . I m already going through manuals and video tutorials . just i thought that having a bit guidance will help a lot in understanding and i wud be able to grab early ...

[eluser]Fenix[/eluser]
The PHP tutorial at W3Schools.com is probably enough to get you started with a foundation for learning basic CI.

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP

[eluser]Ben Lilley[/eluser]
I was/still in a similar situation to you. I'd say a few things:

1) Get a decent overview of PHP first. Get a book on it, and follow some basic PHP tutorials until you understand the syntax, and can do some very simple projects.
2) Read up on the MVC logic. This is the biggest barrier to learning CI I feel from a newbie point of view. When you understand that relationship it will all just 'click' for you and you'll find writing PHP any other way is extremely inefficient.
3) Make sure you read every tutorial that you can find I'm working through the list on <a href="http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Tutorials/">http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Tutorials/</a> at the moment.

I hope that helps.