Re: 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. Ummm... it returns the setting of magic_quotes_gpc from the php.ini file. Do you need to know what magic_quotes are? That's in the manual, too... Usually something telling you "how to use it" and "what it returns" is good enough....but.... ---John Holmes...