Over-complicating it? Yes, I must admit that's true. The problem however
was not that I didn't understand the question, but that I apparently was
hostile. For someone extra-sensitive, I think I could've looked like
that, but I still don't think I was out of line with my original reply,
which s
You guys are over-complicating this. If you want to help someone and don't
understand their question, just say so. People asking for help are usually
more than happy to provide additional information or rephrase their
question.
Be careful when using the question, "Are you new to PHP?". It has
By this point, I am trying to speak generally. Not trying to pick on
Bogdan specifically, since communication can always be improved.
>Please tell me what would be a question which would leave all these
>answer opportunities open while also being brief and obviously not
>being hostile?
Hmm...
The only question I could possibly have asked to leave it open enough to
all the possibilities was basically the one I asked. That's because
possible reasons for not writing his own function may have been:
- he wanted a very basic gradient, but he was such a newbie in PHP that
he didn't know ho
>Well, I'm deeply moved by your concern - I don't think I was either
>hostile or impatient however - I was just stating the obvious and
>implying a question (why isn't it straightforward).
That was my problem with your post--why imply the question, and leave
it open to interpretation? Why not
"It seems pretty straightforward to me." is more responsible than
"It's pretty straightforward." Nice time to be changing your story ;)
>Anyway, thank you for your input on this thread. THAT was really helpful.
It didn't seem straightforward to the original writer, or else why
the question...
Yes, it actually would've been should the person who started the thread
answered (instead of a wise-guy saying "That's very helpful" - in this
case, no, it didn't prove to be). That's because that way we would've
found out what exactly he needed ("Of course the change can be only
across a part
inal Message -
> > > From: "Ville Mattila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:38 AM
> > > Subject: [PHP] Gradients in PHP & GD
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,
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mean by gradients? Is it something like a gradual change
>across
> > an image, say from black to white?
> > Hugh
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Ville Mattila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesd
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> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:38 AM
> Subject: [PHP] Gradients in PHP & GD
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anybody have an idea where could I find a code library or code
> snippet
> > to create gradients to
Hello,
Does anybody have an idea where could I find a code library or code snippet
to create gradients to images with PHP and GD?
Thank you,
Ville Mattila
Ikaalinen, Finland
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