Going from C# to php [closed]

Question

I'm going to have to learn php soon, because I need it for a new job. Up until now, i've always programmed in C#. Are there things I should know about php that are strange or different from a C# perspective? Things to look out for?

Answer 1

They’re different programming languages. But you can do with php most things, that you can do with C#. I think they`re different in next ways:

• PHP is more simplier than C#.
• C# is full OOP language, but PHP is not.
• .NET library of classes is very big and you have all that you need. If you are using PHP, you can download classes from pear at official php site or from zend framework official site.
• If you create web application in C# you use ASP.NET MVC 2 and in PHP you can use less powerfull frameworks: symfony, zend framework, yii, kohana.

You will feel very limited with PHP after C#.

Books to read:

• PHP 5 for proffessionals.
• PHP Design patterns.

Current version of PHP is 5.3.

Answer 2

completely different, but a lot easier! Grab some PHP books: PHP MySQL books

Bookmark php.net/manual/en/, Join an IRC: irc.phpfreaks.com, Learn a framework alongside: CodeIgniter, Get a WAMP/LAMP setup, start on a project asap and generally have fun.

:) Welcome to PHP