Hi there,

I want to create something like you see on this page zdocn.com/Your-Paint

I can't code

PHP

 , what I usually do is look at the source code and play around with it and figure out how it works. This way I can edit it to make it work for me, I just can't write a page from scratch.

There is no reference to a

PHP

  file in the source code of the page above, so I can't do what I described above.

I would like it if someone could point me to a

tutor

 ial related to the above. I also tried to do this myself, but because I don't know how it works, I don't know where to start.

Thanks

Eeek. Tall order to just "do it" - this is a coding job. It's not just about the language, it's about understanding how to create a web application - a small one, to be sure, but a web app n

onet

 heless. It'd be like saying that if you know how to ask where the toilet is in Spanish, then you know how to write a book in Spanish. Even if you could functionally piece together all the words, it's not going to come out right.



There wouldn't be, because

tutor

 ials will want to point you towards exercising the elements of the language you need to know when

learn

 ing  to program, not how specifically to build an app.

What you really need is "

PHP

  5 / MySQL

Programming

  for the Absolute Beginner" (Andy Harris, Premier Press) which will take you from step 1 to .. well, closer to where you want to go than where you are. You need to understand a lot more basics before you tackle this.

See it here: http://www.amazon.com/

PHP

 -MySQL-

Programming

 -Absolute-Beginner/dp/1592004946/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206915200&sr=8-2

(no, not an affiliate link, just a handy jumper)

But here's the good news: Unlike many people that "Just want to

learn

  to program" you have a goal - this is a sorely lacking element of most people's knowledge. They

learn

  some basics of the language and then go nowhere because there was no reason to

learn

  it. If you have a goal, and a reference/

tutor

 ial to help you

learn

  how to code, then a brilliant online resource to get questions as you go along (yes, I am referring to my board  ) then you will get along quite quickly.

Good luck! It's a great ride.

Thanks for that,

I suspected I would have to start from scratch. Ill get that book.

Noted that George W no longer makes an ap

pear

 ance on your avatar.

He's been usurped by Bush III, John McInsane. No idea how he'll fare in the coming elections, personally I hope he is defeated in an unprecedented landslide. But the comedy will sure be better if he's the one...