Re: FAQ - Newbie perspective

Hi, I don't want to argue about anything, just point out something that occurred to me. First of all, I am a newbie as far as PHP is concerned, though I am more than comfortable with programming. I recently asked a pretty simple question on this list ("Finding the depth"). I could have found out the answer to it in about 10-15 minutes on my own, thanks to my experience with programming. Still, I posted the question to this list. Why? What did I gain: * I saved time. * I got to see _PHP_code_ for solving my problem. Any solution from me would have been more C++ than PHP. I got to become more familiar with thinking the PHP way. What did I lose: * Nothing, because reading the code snippet and investigating the functions used therein taught me all I needed to know (for this instance). Following the "See also" links taught me some more. Did I _waste_ somebody else's time? I don't really think so. Plus, a posting can always be ignored... An answer saying "RTFM" and pointing me the relevant functions (even if they were just function names) would have been good enough too. But then I wouldn't have gotten to see an experienced person's PHP code. The question is: how many of you think that that posting was "ok" and how many had to curb the temptation to flame me :-)? Btw, I too don't like all those "PHP editor" and "How to loop" type of questions ;-). But then, I simply delete them and that's it! Rick St Jean wrote: > It is there a list of most frequently asked questions? > It seems that people ask the same questions, again and again, > they do not READ THE MANUAL. Yes I have asked 2 stupid > questions, but I really did search and I am reading my manuals, > the PHP and the book that I bought. > > Also I would like to know if there would be a demand for an > experienced mailing list? I am just frustrated by the same 3 > questions that pop up about once a day. The rest of the posts > are great. -- Regards, Harshdeep Singh Jawanda.