Over the last few days i have been undertaking the task of coding a website in Php and MySql. Now for most people this would have been a matter of sitting down and bashing out some code but for me it was the final push that made me start learning. I've had a book (Php and MySql web development) since the summer and have only read minor points in it whilst attepting to learn. The problem was that without a tangable task to perform on the road to learning, progress up until this week has been slow to say the least.

So now that i've finally started learning it i must say in all honesty php might be the best language i've come accross so far! Ok so i've only come accross java, c++, Php and Sql but still i think it's far more versitile and useful than the others. The language just gives you so many in-built and useful functions. One example of this is a removing \n and replacing them with <br /> so you can display the input of a text box in html.
        The line is: str_replace("\n", "<br />",input);
There are many more examples and more to find i'm sure.

With this new knowladge i'm becoming increasingly more 'secure' in my own coding abilities. Which i think seeing as i'm in my second year can't be a bad thing. I'm in no way an amazing coder but for some people the learning curve is just slower than others.

Well, i think that's all i have to say for today, am off to university for a group project meeting. The group i have for group project this year is really quite a good one in my opinion, everyone seems to be open to input and communicate effectivly. Superb!

Bye for now!