RE: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies?

I dare you to find an explanation of an ASP feature and you'll realize how easy you've got it. How much easier can it be? First, you type in: www.php.net/get_magic_quotes_gpc to get the manual page. From there, in the explanation, there is a link labeled "magic_quotes_gpc" (you can click on links) which takes you here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php#ini.magic-quotes-gpc for an explanation of magic quotes. Say you have this string: $str = "This has a \" quote in it"; If you don't understand why you need that backslash there (or escape character) then you really don't need to be looking for the "quick" answers on the PHP list. I don't mean to be rude, but keep reading and searching and testing for a while until you've got the basics down. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Beauford.2002 [mailto:beauford.2002@rogers.com] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:32 PM > To: Jennifer Goodie > Cc: PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? > > 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" <goodie@apollointeractive.com> > To: "Beauford.2002" <beauford.2002@rogers.com>; "PHP General" > <php-general@lists.php.net> > 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:beauford.2002@rogers.com] > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php