While you're learning, remember that most tutorials are going to be slightly out of date (statistically speaking). Use the following guide to help find good res

While you're learning, remember that most tutorials are going to be slightly out of date (statistically speaking). Use the following guide to help find good resources (or to replace outdated sections). MySQL functions = bad, PDO = good die() = bad, throw new exception = good $_GLOBALS = bad, bad and more bad quoted SQL = bad, prepared statements = good (do not trust mysql_escape_string or any variant of it) striptags() = bad, HTMLPurifier = good And finally, for the confidence you need to start a project that's a little scary: every other programmer = bad, you = damn good Good luck! :) [edited for spacing]