Re: Lack of info

Thanks for this rant, all our other few million users didn't have those problems. Also remind yourself that PHP is written on a volunteer bases ONLY. Feel free to come up with useful suggestions on where and how to improve things, even better would be if you could provide patches. Derick On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Senshi Oukan wrote: > I have been trying to find the info I need on how to check the following... > > That the PHP install is functioning, yet no FAQ on that > That the PHP install is configured as the actual Help does not mention anything more than the > installer setup the software and a file needs to be edited... Not much Help ther > > I installed the PHP in conjunction with the web server vendoes settings (Abyss X1) and the web > server is functioning, should their have been an error, I would have had an error returned... > > The only thing holding me up is the lack of useable support, yes thankyou for pointing me to a > german site, no good to me, yes thankyou for raising my hope that their was some form of user group > and yes I have looked in the FAQ and cant find anything that answereing my problems > > NO I DONT HAVE LINUX which is all your site seems to be geared for, IM unfortunate to be stuck > with Windows, and lack of help in that area is the FAQ concerning Windows is annoying me and as with > most tech stuff, the Help is written in a way that the beginner cant follow, your like most of the > other tech sites that assume that the user has prior knowledge, why make things difficult to > achieve? Simplicity rules...4 me at least. > > I suggest the following. > > CLEARLY define areas, eg Windows, Linux etc and not intermingle the various formats. > YOU ARE PHP, Perhaps you should put it to use a bit more by building a knowledge base or > running a tech help message board that uses PHP and then you might beable to tell me how to set one > up... > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/2003 > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://www.php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------