>I tend to get more out of the users comments than the actual manual.. It is possible that is because you don't want to put the time into figuring things out for yourself. It's a lot easier to post a ton of RTFM questions than to actually read the manual or research your question. I seem to recall you having the same problem with the MySQL documentation.
-----Original Message----- From: Beauford.2002 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 6:52 PM To: Leif K-Brooks Cc: PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? I found that after the fact, but my question was regarding tutorials, books, or other docs. This was just an example I used. In general I don't find the PHP manual very helpful - I tend to get more out of the users comments than the actual manual.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif K-Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beauford.2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? > After a quick search of the php manual, I came upon > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php#ini.magic-quotes-gpc, which says: > > Sets the magic_quotes state for GPC (Get/Post/Cookie) operations. When > magic_quotes are on, all ' (single-quote), " (double quote), \ > (backslash) and NUL's are escaped with a backslash automatically. > > Seems to explain it pretty nicely. > > Beauford.2002 wrote: > > >No, the name explains absolutely squat. What is a magic quote? Sounds like > >something I smoked in the 60's. Maybe to you it makes sense as you know what > >it does. To me it means absolutely nothing - nor does the PHP manual explain > >it. > > > >B. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jennifer Goodie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Beauford.2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP General" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:07 PM > >Subject: RE: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? > > > > > > > > > >>That is a really, really, really poor example. Tha name says it all. It > >>gets the magic quotes setting for gpc(get, post, cookie). You can figure > >>out what most PHP functions do just by looking at their names, that's > >>actually what I like about PHP. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Beauford.2002 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:54 PM > >>To: PHP General > >>Subject: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? > >> > >> > >>I'm really tired of trying to figure out the PHP manual and need something > >>that explains things in plain straight forward English. Like > >>get_magic_quotes_gpc() for example - the manual says how to use it and > >> > >> > >what > > > > > >>it returns - but nowhere can I find out what it's for. Does it count > >> > >> > >sheep, > > > > > >>do a quote of the day, or what - maybe I'm just stupid - but in any event > >> > >> > >I > > > > > >>have spent more time in the last two weeks searching for things and > >> > >> > >getting > > > > > >>no answers - Any help in pointing me a good straight forward > >> > >> > >tutorial/manual > > > > > >>would be appreciated. > >> > >>B. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
