Re: This PHP list

that is not true... I for one would hang out on more than one list. And IF no one did answer the question, what do newbies do.... they get the answer themselves. they spend energy on solving the problem and they learn how to learn. We can exhaust this topic to death. I just created php-adv@yahoogroups.com if you want to join use php-adv-subscribe@yahoogroups.com newbies are encouraged to observe and learn but please aim entry level questions here. Rick At 04:45 PM 3/29/01 +1000, Gfunk wrote:

Just my .02c... I really hate these sorts of questions... As the previous poster said, if there was a newbie only list, it'd be full of newbies, and you'd never get anything answered cause there'd be only newbies, and newbies would all come to the advance list to ask their questions. I'd bet my arm that all the best php programmers of the world, hang out on this list. I've read heaps of replies by people who _write_ php (shout out rasmus), and I myself read posts when I can, and without sounding like a tool, I'm a very experienced PHP developer... But sometimes I have questions that could be construed as "newbie" because they relate to something I've never used before, or any reason... Plus, I like helping the newbies.. I remember the first time I used php, and I had some learnin' to do back then :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gfunk - josh@gfunk007.com - http://www.gfunk007.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Murray" <Jason.Murray@melbourneit.com.au> To: "'Ian Harris'" <iharris@quadtel.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:42 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] This PHP list

I was hoping that this PHP list would be of people developing with PHP, who have reached some level of familiarity with the product and when they have had a fair go at solving a problem, they then posted it to the list. For example, we have a problem in our code where the last object in an array of objects sometimes vanishes into thin air depending on whether you comment-out a block of unrelated code further up the script.

Sounds like an interesting problem, but related specifically to your code. Post it and see..?

Unfortunately, this list is full of people with questions like "I want

to

access a database with PHP. Can someone please send me the source code". Does anyone know of any other PHP lists that are more suited to non-trivial, expert-related discussions?

Well, remember it's called PHP General not PHP Advanced Techy Wizardry. :) The reason it's general and not advanced is that if they made an advanced list as you suggest, the newbies would all go there and ask their questions. There are quite a few experienced, knowledgeable and advanced users around here. It also helps if you actually ask your questions sometimes too you know 8)

If there aren't any around, I'll start one on Yahoogroups or some other similar service.

Feel free to do it, and best of luck. :) Jason -- Jason Murray jasonm@melbourneit.com.au Web Design Team, Melbourne IT Fetch the comfy chair! -- 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

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