What is the best way to learn Java for a PHP Programmer?

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As a PHP Programmer you should know: Object Oriented Programming Concepts like Class, Interface, Polymorphism, Inheritance, abstraction etc. Loops and Conditional statements like for ... do...while...if...else Debugging techniques, effective use of log statement and error handling. Coding Standards and Style ( For PHP http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/, http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-1/). Effective use of IDE, and tools like eclipse or PHPStorm ( for Java you can use https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) https://www.mysql.com/ Mysql, or http://www.postgresql.org/ Postgresql. Learn Java/Any programming language: What I mean to learn any  programming language we need all the skill mentioned  above. Now you just have to understand the syntax, keywords and most important thing is to understand "How to use the documentation( or API docs) of the language you are learning, all above concepts are  common for every programming language. To get started with Java I would suggest you to use : API http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/ Book http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596009205.do?CMP=ILC-hf1st IDE https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ You can find more resources about Java

If you know any programing language (in your case PHP) then you are aware of programing aspects like when to use conditional statements , looping statements ,data types to be used etc.Now if you want to learn any new programing language then all you need to do is to learn syntax and rules of the that programing language first.In Java below are few of the important concepts you should be learning first. Language fundamentals (Data types, Type casting,syntaxes) Conditional and looping statements Arrays Oops concepts(in-depth) String Exception handling Collections and Generics() Inheritance and Polymorphism concepts Reading and Writing files There are plenty of resources online, but a good way is start with textbook, http://www.journaldev.com/6162/5-best-core-java-books-for-beginners for some of the good java books for beginnersHope this helps