Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-07-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/7/2 Daniel Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Fatal error: Call to undefined function shawn() in /home/shawn/life.php on >> line 1 > >I like it. ;-P > I think that a 500 internal service error would be more appropriate at that stage... Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-07-02 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Shawn McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function shawn() in /home/shawn/life.php on > line 1 I like it. ;-P -- Dedicated Servers - Intel 2.4GHz w/2TB bandwidth/mo. starting at just $59.99/mo. with no contract! Dedicated

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/28 Andrew Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Say anything about efficiency never did I. :-) I was merely commenting > on a personal preference based largely on my perspective as a native > speaker of (US) English. Now - if I WERE to address efficiency, I > don't find "Yoda speak" to be any more

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Jim Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> >> On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:27 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: > > I will nev

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 21:19 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/28 Jim Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > But whoever said the flow of the English language was all that efficient? I > > actually prefer 'Yoda Speak'. Takes less to say more. > > > > The flow of the English language was all that efficie

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/28 Jim Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But whoever said the flow of the English language was all that efficient? I > actually prefer 'Yoda Speak'. Takes less to say more. > The flow of the English language was all that efficient, who ever said? 'Yoda speak' I actually prefer. Say more, takes

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Jim Lucas
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:27 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: I will never do it... it looks ugly, Only if you're not used to it. IMO this is how it should be taught in all the b

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:27 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Cummings wrote: > >> > >> I will never do it... it looks ugly, > > > > Only if you're not used to it. IMO this is how it should be taught in all > > the bo

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-28 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> >> I will never do it... it looks ugly, > > Only if you're not used to it. IMO this is how it should be taught in all > the books and guides etc. If that was the case, the other way round would be

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:52 -0500, Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:50 AM > > To: tedd; php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tomb

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread tedd
At 9:52 AM -0500 6/27/08, Boyd, Todd M. wrote: I think you guys are missing something: he wrote it with single equals signs on purpose. He was demonstrating how the one with the constant to the right of the assignment operator is a valid statement... and that putting the constant first will aid y

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Boyd, Todd M.
> -Original Message- > From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:50 AM > To: tedd; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone. > > [snip] > And being dyslexic, I knew the 'Dan S' sh

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I very humorously hinted at in a earlier mail on this thread, it is a > very, very good idea to get into the habit of putting constants *first* in > if/while/etc statements. > > if ("Dan S" = $user_name) > > PHP/C/C++ et

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] And being dyslexic, I knew the 'Dan S' should have come first, but didn't immediately recognize it as I was rushing to point out a double equal-sign boo-boo made by Col. [/snip] Had Col used the method we're speaking of here the error would have been thrown and he would have found the cul

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread tedd
At 8:30 AM -0500 6/27/08, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Really? I do it this way: if ($user_name == "Dan S") That not only looks right at first glance, but it actually works. :-) [/snip] This works better though; if("Dan S" == $user_name) ... if you drop one of the comparison operators in your

RE: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Really? I do it this way: if ($user_name == "Dan S") That not only looks right at first glance, but it actually works. :-) [/snip] This works better though; if("Dan S" == $user_name) ... if you drop one of the comparison operators in your haste to type then an error gets thrown and you

Re: [PHP] Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

2008-06-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/27 Colin Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As I very humorously hinted at in a earlier mail on this thread, it is a > very, very good idea to get into the habit of putting constants *first* in > if/while/etc statements. > > if ("Dan S" = $user_name) > > PHP/C/C++ etc. Bombs with a syntax error.