RE: [PHP] hello

Actually it does.. I've seen it so many times on this list... subjects like: HEEELLPPP!! Upgrating problems....!!!! I just think it is time to do it. First or Later you should upgrade your PHP.... so, do it now and listen to these few complains you'll receive.... Cheers... -----Original Message----- From: Philip Olson [mailto:philip@cornado.com] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 6:22 PM To: SuiteNet Operations Manager Cc: php-general Subject: Re: [PHP] hello Hi Herb, PHP is wonderful. Regarding any upgrade issues, check out : http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#11 http://www.php.net/version4/migration.php http://www.opendeveloper.org/PHP/HowTo/Upgrading_From_PHP3_to_PHP4/ AFAIK, it *won't* cause problems upgrading. Do be sure to parse the current extension though (i.e. be sure to keep .php3 within httpd.conf) For information on all this check out : http://www.e-gineer.com/instructions/ http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php Doing it at 3am is suggested and giving users some warning just in case :-) Regarding learning php, there are some main sites to consider for learing : http://www.devshed.com/ http://www.phpbuilder.com/ http://www.zend.com/ http://php.faqts.com/ There are others (and others). Like for instance : http://php.faqts.com/ http://www.thickbook.com/ http://www.weberdev.com/ http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.com/ Regarding books, the wrox books are popular, check them out. The php site lists books and by purchasing there money goes to PHP effort, list is here : http://www.php.net/books.php And you will need to know SQL, here is a basic tutorial : http://www.sqlcourse.com/ And if you want to know my favorite php tutorial that I wish all php users would consider and print out it is as follows : http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/using-strings.php And remember, practise makes perfect this is so very true. Nobody is perfect and we've all written crappy code in the past (and present) so it's okay. And, nobody memorizes the manual, keep this in mind. It's a reference/tool. It is very valuable and contains many useful friendly examples. At least skimming through it and working the examples through (if not code, at least in head and say to self "ahhhhh, that makes sense") it is important as in the future when one wants to do something the brain will think "hmm, I've read about this once before" and thus one searches the manual and finds. Also, searching the mailing list is very important, use one or two specific words that are sure to exist in question. It is okay to ask questions but odds are someone else has asked a similar question in past, an archive is found here (google also keeps this archive!!!): http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general It is very useful to add this and php site to browser "command line" and instruction on this can be found here : http://www.php.net/tips.php That's what comes to mind at this point, hopefully this rambling email makes sense. Just remember, start small. Build an addressbook. After that, add features to it like make sure user inputs real data (not blank (empty), is x characters in length (strlen) or is an email address (ereg). Then make users name in addressbook apear with First Letter Capitalized (ucwords) and so on, so forth. Also, be sure to research, it is very useful to do. If one wants to do something odds are there is a function to do it or a function was created to help do it. For scripts, look here : http://www.hotscripts.com/ http://px.sklar.com/ http://www.freshmeat.net/ http://www.sourceforge.net/ And through all that all will be good. This now concludes this post, good luck! Philip -- Philip Olson http://www.cornado.com/ On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, SuiteNet Operations Manager wrote: > I was wondering what Im sure a well knowledged php expert like your self > would recommend a hands on php crash course. The best way for me to jump > right in to understanding php and getting started making my first data > base. > with php3 and mysql. I understand that is how you have to do it. > See Im running a apache server that my father started. > And up to this point have been working with basic cgi stuff and dealing > with tech support and minor web design. > But I need to get into data base stuff and the only way Im going to be > able to make something like a shopping cart or anything of that nature > is to learn. > My father knew allot of this stuff but Un fortunately he past away and > Im stuck. So any suggestions would be great and can I count on you to > answer any questions I might have. I have been going to the php.net > site. And are starting there. > Thank you and god Bless. > > Ps. Any books you think would be my best start. > Im pretty good at picking things up but I have never messed with > php3 either. > I also Know about php4 but I have users I guess up till now are using > php3 will this change what the are doing and continuing to do. I mean do > they have learn and change everything to or is it I except everything > till now and then more of what php4 offers too. Im not sure how that > works. > I do not want to change anything on the server UN LESS IM VERY VERY > SURE<<< > Ok well I thank you so much. > > -- > Regards > Herb McDonald > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net