Start writing a program! Make a simple CMS, CIRM, game or whatever you are interested in. When you don't know how to do something, use php.net, your favorite se

Start writing a program! Make a simple CMS, CIRM, game or whatever you are interested in. When you don't know how to do something, use php.net, your favorite search engine, or Devshed (http://forums.devshed.com http://forums.devshed.com). A good IDE helps too, I personally use PHPDesigner (http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php), but there are tons of them out there. The most important thing is to understand your learning style and then exploit that. Take a class? Read a book? Dive right in? Reverse engineer? Teach? Only you can answer that question. Have fun!