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.
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Regards,
Harshdeep Singh Jawanda.
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