I would be more than happy to put some mini-tutorials together to send you, I'm not sure of the relevance of them though. Maybe adding a "suggest a tut" area where people that are having trouble can request a tutorial and anybody interested can fire one in?
Just a thought ~Curt~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've actually been working on just that. I've been reading this list for a >long time and noticed the repetition. I have 65+ faqs on my site >http://www.php-faq.com/ that are there basically from my own experiences. >I haven't posted it yet, because I don't think it's "full" enough. It even >has a suggest-a-faq page, that'd I'd need to activate. I do like your idea >of mini-tutorials. I have a lot of programming experience (12+ years), >mostly in business applications, and know what it's like to struggle. The >mailing list is awesome; I've never really posted a question because the >answers are in the archive. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "sundogcurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "GENERAL PHP LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:56 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP] RTFM > > >>I've been (sorta) following this thread for the last little while and I >>have to say that I'm on the side of "one list for all!". The problem >>with splitting the list is the different levels of "newbie-ism" on >>different subjects, There are things that advanced users can learn from >>new comers to the language too. >> >>For instance. I don't really consider myself a "total newb" when it >>comes to PHP anymore, but there are areas of the language that I still >>haven't touched upon, which would make me a newbie. I agree though that >>some questions are asked a little too often, and that could be due to >>unclear documentation. If it is bothersome to you, write a nice simple >>tutorial and post it! >> >>For example, quite often I see people ask how to INSERT multiple values >>from one selectbox. I have yet to see anybody post any help save for >>telling people to use checkboxes instead. Using a selectbox for this >>isn't all that difficult at all! >> >><mini tutorial> >>file://FIRST YOU START WITH A SELECTBOX >><select name="selectpackage[]" multiple> >> >>file://NOTE THE "[]" AT THE END OF THE NAME FOR THE SELECTBOX, ONCE >> >SUBMITTED > >>THIS WILL BE TREATED AS AN ARRAY CONTAINING THE SELECTED VALUES. >> >>file://THE "MULTIPLE" STATEMENT ALLOWS THE USER TO SELECT MULTIPLE OPTIONS >>INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. >> >><option value="0">0</option> >><option value="1">1</option> >><option value="2">2</option> >></select> >> >>/////////////////// AFTER THE FORM IS SUBMITTED /////////////////// >> >>file://GET A COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES SELECTED >> $mycount = count($selectpackage); >> >>file://USE THE RESULT FOR A COUNTER >> while($mycount){ >> $mycount--; >> >>file://RUN YOUR INSERT COMMAND UNTIL THE COUNTER HAS EXPIRED >> mysql_query("INSERT INTO mytable (myvalue1,myvalue2) VALUES >>('$selectpackage[$mycount]', '$mycount')"); >> } >> >></mini tutorial> >> >>Maybe some of use should get together and start putting things like this >>in a repository with an easy flexible search. I know from experience >>that some of the documentation that is available to new users is a bit >>on the stuffy side. Sometimes a better approach is to give up some >>"starter code" and let them go from there. >> >>Just my two cents worth and a mini tutorial that can be used to get >>things started. >> >>Now if you'll excuse me, I have to continue banging my forehead on my >>keyboard figuring out this "%$#%$#@" file upload. (C: >> >>We all benefit from "new and used" users alike. >>~Curt~ >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >
