THis is currently driving me stupid.. i want to learn PHP & Mysql so bad it hurts.. but where to start..
how do you build a database.. what is sql injection.. how to prevent it.. do i go OOP. So many questions.. so little useful tutorials


- why didnt i go to college for this stuff

Learned Pascal and C in school, then the internet became my teacher.

I have learned some programming languages in my university such as Visual Basic, C, C++, HTML, Java, ASP etc.. But most of them, I only learned their basics.

So for me, it's a self taught.. I just read some free online tutorials which help me to understand them better.

learning in html is still ongoing for me.I'm more curious in css ,xhtml ,xml and other web developing languages

I was taught by Allianz on a graduate trainee program. Learned over a period of 12 years. A lot of that was self taught though. Started with Adabas Natural mainframe systems and JCL. Then moved into 'Client/Server' as it was known then and learned Visual Basic and SQL Server. Worked as a SQL DBA for a while. Also did some early ASP scripts about 6 years ago and began to learn about web programming. More recently I have been using PHP and MySQL.

Best way to learn is to do it day in and day out for about 3 years. In that time you should become quite highly skilled if you have an aptitude for it.