Originally Posted by santa
The book I was learning it from (Head First PHP & MySQL) is based around a few little projects; I'd recommend the book -- so far
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Yeah it's just most books deal with all theory, and less actual web development with that language. I think I've come to the conclussion that I need more hands on experimenting, less reading.
Originally Posted by Garyrae
My first PHP/SQL projects were a URL shortener, and an arcade script.
The arcade script is a basic task, but with big room for expansion.
Start with a basic admin panel to submit/edit/delete games, and a 2-page frontend - listing and 'view game' page.
Then if all goes well, add categories, pagination, ratings, user system, etc.
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arcade script, sounds interesting. I'll give it a shot soon.