Re: [PHP] FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

2005-07-28 Thread Jochem Maas
Dotan, now _I'm_ sending _you_ multiple copies (last one didn't go to the list by mistake!) Dotan Cohen wrote: I've seen this discussed before, but no solution seems to have ever been suggested. I'd like to replace the first instance of a substring in a string. So if we were to replace the

Re: [PHP] FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

2005-07-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 7/28/05, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dotan, now _I'm_ sending _you_ multiple copies (last one didn't go to the list by mistake!) php -r ' echo preg_replace(#the#,a,Then the big bear ate the little cat in the north of the woods.,1), \n; ' Wow! It was those hash signs. They

Re: [PHP] FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

2005-07-28 Thread Jochem Maas
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 7/28/05, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dotan, now _I'm_ sending _you_ multiple copies (last one didn't go to the list by mistake!) php -r ' echo preg_replace(#the#,a,Then the big bear ate the little cat in the north of the woods.,1), \n; ' Wow! It was those

Re: [PHP] FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

2005-07-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 7/28/05, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the hash signs are regexp delimiters - you don't ness. need to use hash signs, normally I either use # or / . some of the examples here http://nl2.php.net/preg_replace use @ in short read this (like 10 times :-):

Re: [PHP] FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

2005-07-28 Thread Al
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 7/28/05, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dotan, now _I'm_ sending _you_ multiple copies (last one didn't go to the list by mistake!) php -r ' echo preg_replace(#the#,a,Then the big bear ate the little cat in the north of the woods.,1), \n; ' Wow! It was those

Re: [PHP] FAQ in PHP

2003-09-15 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Is this part of the 'mailing lists :: guess the missing paragraph' competition? Suresh Babu.A [Support] wrote: Hi Team, How to track a posting in a faq using mysql. Thanks in advance. Suresh A. -- Raditha Dissanayake --

Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Justin French
on 22/11/02 8:14 PM, Noodle Snacks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think this group should have a regularly posted faq that outlines common problems such as register globals. This has been discussed many times too :) Last plan was to have it auto-posted to the subscriber when they sign up, plus

Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Maxim Maletsky
there is a bunch of info everywhere on the web. One should have better means to find these, but at the end, that is what others do here - answer questions :) I don't think this will ever happen -- Maxim Maletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noodle Snacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : I think this

RE: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Clint Tredway
: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:53 AM To: Noodle Snacks Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea? there is a bunch of info everywhere on the web. One should have better means to find these, but at the end, that is what others do here - answer questions :) I don't think this will ever

Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Noodle Snacks
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:53 AM To: Noodle Snacks Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea? there is a bunch of info everywhere on the web. One should have better means to find these, but at the end, that is what others do here - answer question

Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Vincent Vandemeulebrouck
An about register globals post bi-weekly would eliminate tons of questions I reckon. But maxim is also right. People should find their own info and a faq could dominate the group... The fact you must call session_start before sending anything to the browser is another FAQ that would help. An

Re: [PHP] FAQ a good idea?

2002-11-22 Thread Justin French
Ahhh -- now i get ya!! Many thanks! Justin French http://Indent.com.au Web Development Graphic Design it's right now :P -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Re: PHP FAQ (again)

2002-04-03 Thread Hugh Bothwell
Justin French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I saw this mentioned a few times recently, but I'd really like to put out the call again. This group needs an FAQ *specific to this list* which helps new members / posters integrate seamlessly...

[PHP] Re: PHP FAQ (again)

2002-04-03 Thread Miles Thompson
Hugh, No need - if you wouldn't mind, just post this list each day, along with the header PHP FAQs -Check here first! Miles At 10:17 AM 4/3/2002 -0500, Hugh Bothwell wrote: Justin French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I saw this mentioned a few

Re: [PHP] FAQ (again) ... we have a plan!

2002-04-03 Thread heinisch
At 03.04.2002 12:08, you wrote: I'm getting a bit interested in this; here's how I suggest we proceed. snip + introduction to php.net charter - the purpose of this newsgroup posting guidelines and etiquette be specific be terse descriptive subject include exact error

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
That's a FAQ (did you try the obvious? http://php.net/faq) On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: Has anyone given any thought to possibly maintaining a FAQ containing the answers to the most commonly asked PHP questions on this list? I notice duplicates roll through every couple of

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread James Taylor
You are correct sir. The purpose of the FAQ would be so that, like I said, similar questions that pop up say, once a week, could be answered in the FAQ instead of on the list - That way I won't get 300 messages a day :) On Friday 22 March 2002 11:36 am, you wrote: Despite what Rasmus just

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Matt Schroebel
I've been working on that at http://www.php-faq.com/ Want to help? -Original Message- From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] FAQ Has anyone given any thought to possibly maintaining a FAQ

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Brian Drexler
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ You are correct sir. The purpose of the FAQ would be so that, like I said, similar questions that pop up say, once a week, could be answered in the FAQ instead of on the list - That way I won't get 300 messages a day :) On Friday 22 March

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Robert V. Zwink
This one has been around for awhile, though I don't think its official. php.faqts.com Robert Zwink http://www.zwink.net/daid.php -Original Message- From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] FAQ Has anyone

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread John Fishworld
Yep good idea ! Oh and by the books - a couple of opinions wouldn't be bad either ! regards john I've been working on that at http://www.php-faq.com/ Want to help? -Original Message- From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
I just don't see what the difference is. This is a PHP mailing list which supposedly gets questions about PHP. Why would the PHP FAQ not be the right place for this? -Rasmus On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: You are correct sir. The purpose of the FAQ would be so that, like I said,

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread James Taylor
The PHP FAQ isn't really specific when it comes to most problems. The 'code' section has like 10 questions, the rest of the FAQ is mainly how to download/compile, what do these PHP errors mean, migration, etc. A FAQ that had answers to questions that people ask on this list on a frequent

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
So add it those. On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: The PHP FAQ isn't really specific when it comes to most problems. The 'code' section has like 10 questions, the rest of the FAQ is mainly how to download/compile, what do these PHP errors mean, migration, etc. A FAQ that had answers

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Kevin Stone
Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ The PHP FAQ isn't really specific when it comes to most problems. The 'code' section has like 10 questions, the rest of the FAQ is mainly how to download/compile, what do these PHP errors mean, migration, etc. A FAQ that had answers to questions that people ask on this list

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread J. Scott Johnson
Message- From: Kevin Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] FAQ Too often novices are expected to know how to find this information by mental telepathy because they either don't know the keywords to search for or don't

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2002-03-22 Thread Demitrious S. Kelly
]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:40 PM To: 'Kevin Stone'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] FAQ Hi, New poster, no need to flame unnecessarily... Following up on James' original posting, I took 2000 or so message headers from the archive and extracted (Perl, sorry) keywords for about 50

RE: [PHP] FAQ...was - Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk

2001-07-31 Thread Jeff Lewis
I'd be happy to host one but I imagine there is one already for the list? Jeff -Original Message- From: mike cullerton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:08 PM To: php Subject: Re: [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk on 7/31/01 12:37 PM, scott [gts] at

RE: [PHP] FAQ - was Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk

2001-07-31 Thread scott [gts]
An actual Question and Answer FAQ is probably not necessary, since there are so many other good information resources out there already, but what seems to be necessary is to provide newbies with a current list of some really good PHP-related sites. (like http://php.net/function -- i use it

RE: [PHP] FAQ - was Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk

2001-07-31 Thread JR
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:14 PM To: php Subject: RE: [PHP] FAQ - was Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk An actual Question and Answer FAQ is probably not necessary, since there are so many other good information resources out there already, but what seems to be necessary

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-07-31 Thread Philip Olson
A PHP faq resource : http://php.faqts.com/ Regarding an official faq, searching the archives works pretty well. Here's a great place to start (one of many places php-general is archived) : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general Or actually, google archives everything forever :

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-19 Thread Robert V. Zwink
There is a well maintained site whose purpose is to answer/archive frequently asked questions: http://php.faqts.com Robert Zwink -Original Message- From: Rick St Jean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] FAQ It is

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-16 Thread Christian Reiniger
On Thursday 15 March 2001 17:22, you wrote: people wouldnt use an FAQ, when you see three people ask the exact same question on one single day, you know they dont read the other post, or care. if they wont read the posts on the same day they wont read an FAQ, they keep posting. Yep. But if

Re: [PHP] FAQ - Newbie perspective

2001-03-16 Thread Christian Reiniger
On Friday 16 March 2001 08:09, you wrote: 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

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-16 Thread Keith Vance
I agree with everything you have said. I just don't think there is a good way to get people from asking these types of questions, without someone sitting there reading every message and filtering them according to topic. We are stuck with a high-volume list where lots of newbies come to ask us

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-16 Thread Nik Gare
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rick St Jean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that people are lazy or just to stupid to look for stuff. snip I guess people are either too lazy or just too stupid to learn how to quote in emails. ;-) I guess I am frustrated because all the lists I am

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread DAve Goodrich
askedagain.com/net/org are available. on 3/15/01 9:17 AM, RBL at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once thought a great product for mail lists (would require an admin interface, PHP?) would be a way to put into the list mail signature a random FAQ link. Fill that particular FAQ with commonly

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Mal McKay
and sends these to you in an email. Replying to the email sends your originial query to the list. mal -Original Message- From: RBL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 March 2001 17:17 To: Rick St Jean; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ on 3/15/01 9:04 AM, Rick St Jean at [EMAIL

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Mal McKay
there just might know _exactly_ what you need to solve your problem. mal -Original Message- From: RBL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 March 2001 17:17 To: Rick St Jean; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ on 3/15/01 9:04 AM, Rick St Jean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I would like

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Rick St Jean
Cool idea, I am going to add that to the spec for the mailing list program we are working on. it is relatively simple if you put it there when you are planning the app. At 09:17 AM 3/15/01 -0800, RBL wrote: on 3/15/01 9:04 AM, Rick St Jean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I would like to

Re: [PHP] FAQ Ignor if you are tired of this.

2001-03-15 Thread Rick St Jean
it is VERY hard to understand correct for a newbee. For a little experienced developer it's no problem. But the rest of us?? - Original Message - From: "Rick St Jean" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ The problem

Re: [PHP] FAQ Ignor if you are tired of this.

2001-03-15 Thread Lars Falsig
t for a newbee. For a little experienced developer it's no problem. But the rest of us?? - Original Message - From: "Rick St Jean" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ The problem is that people are lazy or just

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread David Robley
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 03:34, 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

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Keith Vance
How many times are people going to complain about no-brainer questions being posted to the list. The fact of the matter is people are going to post things on the list without reading the manual or the FAQ. It goes with the territory. It annoys me too, but there is no good solution for the

Re: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Tobias Talltorp
Just something I notices... At the bottom of the page there is a link to the mailing list (well, not directly to the list, but anywho): PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) Why not add this aswell: Before posting, check the PHP Generall Mailing List Archive

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Jason Lotito
How many times are people going to complain about no-brainer questions being posted to the list. The fact of the matter is people are going to post things on the list without reading the manual or the FAQ. It goes with the territory. It annoys me too, but there is no good solution for the

RE: [PHP] FAQ

2001-03-15 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
Ye 2001-03-15 20:11 -0800, Jason Lotito skribis: (someone) How many times are people going to complain about no-brainer questions being posted to the list. The fact of the matter is people are going to post things on the list without reading the manual or the FAQ. It goes with the

RE: [PHP] FAQ - Newbie perspective

2001-03-15 Thread Jason Lotito
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