Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, November 4, 2005 9:09 pm, GamblerZG wrote: AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? There are no decent PHP forum

Re[2]: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Richard, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 12:40:12 AM, you wrote: There are no decent PHP forum software packages that aren't riddled with security problems and really nasty PHP code. I sincerely wish the preceding statement were false, as my clients ask me for forums and I just say No. I

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, November 4, 2005 10:22 pm, John Nichel wrote: Larry E. Ullman wrote: snip All that being said, I think everyone should send me $5. I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable replies... Bah, I've got 10 times the posts you do since 2002, just from this email

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Murray @ PlanetThoughtful
Richard Davey wrote: I agree 99% with you, the majority are (excuse my French) utter shite. *but* the code quality, features and stability of the excellent FUD Forum thankfully doesn't fall into the camp you describe. While I don't use it myself, you only need to take a quick look at the code

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, November 5, 2005 10:22 am, Death Gauge wrote: Forums and mailinglists like this are about the same. Forums has image content though while mailing lists just have text content. You get the same replies as you would with the other so be happy that they at least have this mailing list

Re[2]: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Murray, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 1:34:12 AM, you wrote: Hmmm, thank you for mentioning this forum, I wasn't previously aware of it. I know phpBB has been criticized previously for behind-the-scenes code quality, though it seems like a fairly mature online forum package while using it.

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Curt Zirzow
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:32:06PM -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: On Fri, November 4, 2005 10:22 pm, John Nichel wrote: Larry E. Ullman wrote: snip All that being said, I think everyone should send me $5. I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable replies... Bah,

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Chris Shiflett
Curt Zirzow wrote: Here are some counts (per email address): Is this thing back? :-) It would be cool to see a top 10 or something. Chris -- Chris Shiflett Brain Bulb, The PHP Consultancy http://brainbulb.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, November 8, 2005 9:47 pm, Curt Zirzow wrote: Richard Lynch: http://news.zirzow.dyndns.org/news.php/php.general/user/dbe152a0d3b3e8284b39cab6b1fdde7d/ Add in richard-AT-zend.com and rlynch-AT-ignitionstate.com and rlynch-AT-nwu.edu and rlynch-AT-ils.nwu.edu and

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Curt Zirzow
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:55:57PM -0500, Chris Shiflett wrote: Curt Zirzow wrote: Here are some counts (per email address): Is this thing back? :-) It would be cool to see a top 10 or something. Almost. I ended up re-doing all the code, it took like 4 days just to fetch all the posts

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Curt Zirzow
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:00:27PM -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: On Tue, November 8, 2005 9:47 pm, Curt Zirzow wrote: Richard Lynch: http://news.zirzow.dyndns.org/news.php/php.general/user/dbe152a0d3b3e8284b39cab6b1fdde7d/ Add in richard-AT-zend.com and rlynch-AT-ignitionstate.com and

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-08 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 17:32, the author Richard Lynch contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [PHP] No forums?: On Fri, November 4, 2005 10:22 pm, John Nichel wrote: Larry E. Ullman wrote: snip All that being said, I think everyone should send me $5. I've monitored this list long

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-07 Thread Jay Blanchard
of the operation of the universe, even with leaders such as Bohr, Einstein, Feynman, and others prevent us from being able to exert any control. There are several PHP forums out there, just none on php.net. Bandwidth might be a consideration. Administrative workload might be another (you have noticed

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Pranav Negandhi (concept-I)
-i.co.in GamblerZG wrote: AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Larry E. Ullman
One of the fallacies in your argument is that the lack of an official forum on php.net implies such distaste for message boards. I don't have a big screen TV but I have anything but distaste for them! Well, let me give you a different example. I don't have a TV at all, even though I could

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Death Gauge
Forums and mailinglists like this are about the same. Forums has image content though while mailing lists just have text content. You get the same replies as you would with the other so be happy that they at least have this mailing list and don't just say Here is PHP and have fun learning it

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Richard Davey
Hi, Saturday, November 5, 2005, 3:09:01 AM, you wrote: AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? How about some good

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
GamblerZG wrote: I do not see anything horrible in my message. It's not like I'm _demanding_ something, or suggesting to tear down mailing lists. Neither did I suggest that mailing lists suck. In case of php.internals they totally make sense. But I _do_ think that forum efficient in case of

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread GamblerZG
Assuming something is not a logical fallacy, just like inability to use inductive logic is not a virtue, but rather an extreme case of sophism (I mean the original sophism, which was a name for a certain philosophy). Well, it IS extra work. If nobody needs forums, than the notion of the fact

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread GamblerZG
Lester Caine wrote: Forums are even more restrictive than newsgroups so I don't see that they add anything that is not currently available, and this list has considerably less traffic than some of the others I am a moderator on ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread GamblerZG
Lester Caine wrote: GamblerZG wrote: I do not see anything horrible in my message. It's not like I'm _demanding_ something, or suggesting to tear down mailing lists. Neither did I suggest that mailing lists suck. In case of php.internals they totally make sense. But I _do_ think that forum

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 15:24, GamblerZG wrote: Assuming something is not a logical fallacy, just like inability to use inductive logic is not a virtue, but rather an extreme case of sophism (I mean the original sophism, which was a name for a certain philosophy). Well, it IS extra work.

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 16:04, GamblerZG wrote: It is the main reason I think there are many other people who would also like to have web conference. Instead of «subscribe, post, wait And how many of these many other people in your guesstimate have come forward to support your notion? Perhaps

RE: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Richard Leclair
of the mailing list - if (in their eyes) the opinions of others are important, this only highlights their insecurities. Suggestion: To those who don't want to be part of this thread for the next week or two, simply setup a mail filter with RE: [PHP] No forums? in the subject. :P I'm onto it now

[PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Leonard Burton
HI All, I use gmail and find it to deal with the threading quite nicely. And as Richie suggests I can set the filter up very easily. I think using gmail is much better than a forum but then again, if someone were to come up with a solution to where a distributed fourm could be created and have

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread GamblerZG
Richard Davey wrote: php.net does not exist in any one location. It's an interesting perspective. Thanks for an insightful reply. Start now and we'll check in on your progress in a years time :) You're joking, but I might actually do it. I was thinking about such forum before. It could be

Re[2]: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-05 Thread Richard Davey
Hi, Saturday, November 5, 2005, 11:30:29 PM, you wrote: Start now and we'll check in on your progress in a years time :) You're joking, but I might actually do it. I was thinking about such forum before. It could be useful for many purposes. It would be *extremely* useful, but I imagine

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 22:09, GamblerZG wrote: AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? I've monitored this list long

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Miles Thompson
, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable replies to this message

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Larry E. Ullman
AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? One of the fallacies in your argument is that the lack of an official forum

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread John Nichel
GamblerZG wrote: snip clap trap Here's one you missed. Not to your liking? Pony up a few bucks, register a domain, get a host, and start a forum yourself. Do it nice enough, and maybe, just maybe, you can be 'official'. -- By-Tor.com ...it's all about the Rush http://www.by-tor.com --

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread John Nichel
Larry E. Ullman wrote: snip All that being said, I think everyone should send me $5. I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable replies... Bah, I've got 10 times the posts you do since 2002, just from this email address. 75% of that $5 goes to me. ;) -- By-Tor.com

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread GamblerZG
Miles Thompson wrote: You missed the most important: This list works, why break it? Nope, I did not miss it. It's just not a proper reply to the message. I did not suggest to disable mailing lists or change them in any way, so the break factor does not apply. -- Best regards, Roman S.I.

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 00:56, GamblerZG wrote: Miles Thompson wrote: You missed the most important: This list works, why break it? Nope, I did not miss it. It's just not a proper reply to the message. I did not suggest to disable mailing lists or change them in any way, so the break

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread GamblerZG
Larry E. Ullman wrote: One of the fallacies in your argument is that the lack of an official forum on php.net implies such distaste for message boards. I don't have a big screen TV but I have anything but distaste for them! Well, let me give you a different example. I don't have a TV at all,

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread GamblerZG
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 00:56, GamblerZG wrote: Miles Thompson wrote: You missed the most important: This list works, why break it? Nope, I did not miss it. It's just not a proper reply to the message. I did not suggest to disable mailing lists or change them in any

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread GamblerZG
PS: Sorry for missing verbs and articles in my last message. I have a good excuse: it't 2:22 AM here. *smilie* -- Best regards, Roman S.I. http://sf.net/projects/naturalgine/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 02:17, GamblerZG wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 00:56, GamblerZG wrote: Miles Thompson wrote: You missed the most important: This list works, why break it? Nope, I did not miss it. It's just not a proper reply to the message. I did

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread GamblerZG
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 02:17, GamblerZG wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 00:56, GamblerZG wrote: Miles Thompson wrote: You missed the most important: This list works, why break it? Nope, I did not miss it. It's just not a proper reply to the

Re: [PHP] No forums?

2005-11-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 02:37, GamblerZG wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: I didn't use the word efficiency, I used the word efficacy (feel free to look it up). They're synonyms, and I do not see a big difference in their meanings. Feel free to disambiguate. Efficiency is about output

[PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread anshul
Hi all, We've our new Technology Forums started from India. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ I invite you all to join our community. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ Thanks regards. This mail is not a SPAM or solicitation badly. This is a one-time notification news. You won't recieve this

Re: [PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 02:20, anshul wrote: Hi all, We've our new Technology Forums started from India. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ I invite you all to join our community. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ My eyes, my eyes!!! It's like someone ran over kermit. FYI it's still spam since it's

Re: [PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread Chris Kay
Considering it dont even have 1 post... spam it is.. :P And yes i am getting a heap of spam recently... can someone do something about this.. :P CK On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 02:45 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 02:20, anshul wrote: Hi all, We've our new Technology

Re: [PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread Ryan A
Hi, We've our new Technology Forums started from India. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ I invite you all to join our community. http://forums.mediasworks.com/ Thanks regards. This mail is not a SPAM or solicitation badly. This is a one-time notification news. You won't recieve this

Re: [PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread Jason Wong
On Friday 01 July 2005 20:19, Ryan A wrote: I would rather say go screw yourself you dirty spammer than just deleting it...but thats just me. People, if you feel you *need* to respond to spam, could you please snip out the spam so that it doesn't receive more coverage than it deserves? --

Re: [PHP] Technology Forums

2005-07-01 Thread Ryan A
My bad, sorry. Have a habit of hitting the reply all button, used to only reply to the person who sent the email but then got told to reply to the list too as others too can follow the help thread.. so made a habit of that Damned if i do, damned if i dont :-) -Ryan I would rather say go

[PHP] Re: Forums

2004-05-17 Thread John Taylor-Johnston
Costs money too!? Steve Magruder - Webcommons.Org wrote: phpBB (www.phpbb.com) is the best (IMHO), as it has an extensive modder community and it's slap-easy to install and get running. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Re: Forums

2004-05-17 Thread John Taylor-Johnston
I personally prefer: http://www.chevelles.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=39;hardset=;start_point=;DaysPrune= http://www.ubbcentral.com/ubbclassic/ But it does cost $ I believe. However, this particular site has a mutilated forum. Part of it was originally Perl. Their switch over

[PHP] Re: Forums

2004-05-17 Thread Justin Patrin
John Taylor-Johnston wrote: Costs money too!? How's that? Just go to the download page and download it. phpBB has always been free. Steve Magruder - Webcommons.Org wrote: phpBB (www.phpbb.com) is the best (IMHO), as it has an extensive modder community and it's slap-easy to install and get

[PHP] Re: Forums

2004-05-16 Thread Steve Magruder - WebCommons.org
Ryan A wrote: Hey, Just spent 2 hours at hot scripts searching for a good forum software, after going through 15 pages I found: {snip} The software HAS to be written in PHP coz its for a php discussion site. phpBB (www.phpbb.com) is the best (IMHO), as it has an extensive modder community

[PHP] Re: [PHP-DB] Forums?

2002-11-22 Thread Stephen
but you get used to it rather quickly... - Original Message - From: Paul Ihrig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Jason Vincent' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] Forums? hey guys. a friend want help setting up a forum. what are some

RE: [PHP] Creating forums in php

2002-03-28 Thread Boaz Yahav
forums in php Hello friends, I am running a website having php and mysql support on which I want to set up a discussions forum. Can someone advise me any web resources for building a php-mysql forum? Thanks denis -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http

Re: [PHP] Creating forums in php

2002-03-28 Thread David Duong
Original Message- From: Denis L. Menezes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Creating forums in php Hello friends, I am running a website having php and mysql support on which I want to set up a discussions forum. Can someone advis

[PHP] Creating forums in php

2002-03-25 Thread Denis L. Menezes
Hello friends, I am running a website having php and mysql support on which I want to set up a discussions forum. Can someone advise me any web resources for building a php-mysql forum? Thanks denis -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

[PHP] PHP Discussion Forums ?

2001-06-19 Thread Rob Goodwin
Can someone here tell me who is responsible for the set up and maintenance of the PHP forums? I've yet to find anyone who does it better and I'd like to do something similar for the site I am responsible for. That is, the way the NNTP, mailing list and digest all works together so nicely

Re: [PHP] php powered forums

2001-04-23 Thread David Robley
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:34, kenny.hibs wrote: Don't know if this id the place to ask but Can anyone recommend a good php powered forum that I could use on my site. kenny Phorum - http://www.phorum.org/ -- David Robley| WEBMASTER Mail List Admin RESEARCH

Re: [PHP] php powered forums

2001-04-23 Thread Nick Terzich
http://www.vbulletin.com/ Can anyone recommend a good php powered forum that I could use on my site. = -- Nick Terzich Creative Director - PopSmack, LLC Insane Advertising Posse http://www.popsmack.com/studio __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!

[PHP] php powered forums

2001-04-22 Thread kenny.hibs
Don't know if this id the place to ask but Can anyone recommend a good php powered forum that I could use on my site. kenny -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the