Re: sort by date

Great! But, many people cannot *understand* the manuals for their own reasons, that is why they ask - they hope to get some sample code. Shall we? -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net Peter Beckman <beckman@purplecow.com> wrote... : > Hey, there are a lot of new people who are starting with PHP. We all are > here to help people learn how to use PHP because we are all PHP fans and > want the world to use PHP. register_globals is an issue that us more > advanced folk know about and deal with on a regular basis. There are lazy > people who don't know how to use a manual. However, we've got the ability > here to help people who don't know about or how to use the manual. And > honestly, some questions are more difficult than the manual provides, > especially if you aren't sure where to look. > > How's this? Anytime someone posts a potential answer, post the manual page > for the function, SQL reference or something related. That way it's in the > newsgroup and the archives. People DO search the archives, while some > people don't. > > We can't all expect everyone to be as smart and as knowledgable about PHP > as some of the people on this list are. So give them a chance and help > them learn how to learn instead of getting mad. And if you get mad, maybe > this isn't the right place for you to be! I mean that in the nicest > sense; the world is filled with idiots, and this list is here to help both > idiots and geniuses get through their stumbling blocks by being an > intelligent, helpful and friendly community. At least that's what I hope > this is. > > Peter > > On 6 Nov 2002, Marco Tabini wrote: > > > Well, excuse me for being a bit cynical, but it's hard to be > > philosophical with a deadline hanging over your head. It's true that > > most of the questions can be answered by looking at the manual, but you > > also have to assume the possibility that the person who's asking them > > has a real and immediate need for the answers--at least that's the way I > > try to think. > > > > One thing that would be great, IMHO, would be to start putting together > > a little FAQ, like many other mailing lists have, that gets updated and > > posted to the list once a month... it could contain answers to the most > > frequently asked questions--anybody who's tired of answering that > > register_globals has been turned off in recent versions raise your hand! > > :-) > > > > > > Marco > > -- > > ------------ > > php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals > > The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmer > > > > Come visit us at http://www.phparch.com! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Beckman Systems Engineer, Fairfax Cable Access Corporation > beckman@purplecow.com > http://www.purplecow.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------