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Ask HN: Best way to become a PHP freelancer?
So I noticed on craigslist under webdesign/software/internet jobs are mostly all PHP? Personally I find PHP easier than most languages but there are not enough good resources out there for learning the language?
Is there a good method for learning PHP that can get me employed as a freelancer? PHP has a lot of tools like Drupal, Wordpress, Magento but not sure which one to learn.
Also Ruby and Javascript seem to have up to date tutorials and interactive learning ways online but none for PHP? Does anyone know of any?
- t0 13y agoIt's easy, but a bit of an old language. I started here: http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ http://www.tizag.com/phpT/
- tgflynn 13y agoHere's one PHP tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/php/ http://www.w3schools.com/php/
- jtreminio 13y agoDon't follow any advice on w3schools.
- driverdan 13y agoThe problem with doing freelance PHP work is that there is a lot of competition unless you specialize. Pay tends to be lower for PHP generalists too. If you become very good at something specific like one of the frameworks you mentioned you're much better off.
- jtreminio 13y agoHere's something up to date: http://www.phptherightway.com/ http://www.phptherightway.com/