On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:21:00 -0400, Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, all I have to say is thank god for this newsgroup and the core group > of people who answer most of the questions here. I can understand some > crankiness now and then after answering the same questions over and over or > dealing with people who don't read the online manual and come here to post > first. > > I've been slapped down once or twice myself for asking a stupid or vague > question. But, it's no big deal because the people here have helped me out > time and time again by answering many PHP questions and providing sample > code over the past two years, so for that I'm grateful. It would be nice, > however, if there were some way to post a link to the FAQ here, because > unless someone specifically posts the URL, there's no way to know it exists > or how to reach it. >
Which FAQ do you mean? I've started my own FAQ for frequently asked questions. Perhaps I should be merging with the other. https://www.reversefold.com/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=PHPFAQs > I recommend that you first do a Google newsgroup search for any problems you > have: http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg - 80% of the time I find the > answer I need without having to post at all. Also, read the user-contributed > comments in the online PHP manual, they are often very helpful and provide a > lot of useful sample code. Plus, there are lots of PHP sites out there, some > of which have PHP forums, such as sitepoint.com. > > Monty > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josh Close) > > Newsgroups: php.general > > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:44:28 -0500 > > To: PHP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] javascript type cast > > > > > > Ok. I write most my web apps in php. I rarely will use js for > > anything, but I needed it on this rare occasion. I didn't want to have > > to post to the same php page to get the results to change, so I though > > a little js would do the job. > > > > Being a php list, I thought that a few others would have run into the > > same issue while doing this. Would it have made it better if I talked > > a little about the php work that was being done on the page also? > > > > All this is doing is making me like php less and less. And what about > > the newer users to the list? This also makes me not want to answer > > other peoples questions either. I've also noticed that a lot of > > answers to peoples questions get flamed on this list also. It's like > > you think you're better than them and came take them down for whatever > > reason. > > > > Yes, the question was OT and I knew it. Yes, I found the answer via > > google 5-10 mins later. I had already searched a while before for it. > > And I'm not going to go and get on a js list for one question I may > > have once every 3 months. I figured someone here has ran into the same > > situation before. Especially since type casting is a common thing > > among most languages (even php). > > > > All I have to say is, sorry I asked. I really wasn't worth it. > > > > -Josh > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > !DSPAM:410ffa04171961451115590! > > -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
