Re: Is there a PHP for Dummies?

I found that after the fact, but my question was regarding tutorials, books, or other docs. This was just an example I used. In general I don't find the PHP manual very helpful - I tend to get more out of the users comments than the actual manual.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif K-Brooks" <eurleif@buyer-brokerage.com> To: "Beauford.2002" <beauford.2002@rogers.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Is there a PHP for Dummies? > After a quick search of the php manual, I came upon > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php#ini.magic-quotes-gpc, > which says: > > Sets the magic_quotes state for GPC (Get/Post/Cookie) operations. When > magic_quotes are on, all ' (single-quote), " (double quote), \ > (backslash) and NUL's are escaped with a backslash automatically. > > Seems to explain it pretty nicely. > > Beauford.2002 wrote: > > >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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. > > >