[PHP] Writing new code vs. re-writing someone else's code
Hello, This question could be seen as a general programming question, but because PHP is what I know best, I'll ask it here. A good friend of mine is the person who got me more interested in programming as a career. She's a professional COBOL programmer, and works for a large bank. She once told me that 75% of her time was spent going over and rewriting/repairing old code that she didn't write, and only 25% writing new code. From what I know about COBOL, it seems that it might need more rewriting than other languages, because of all the built up old code. But as I look forward to the day when I can work as a full-time PHP coder, I wonder. The question is, how much of your time (you, the professional PHP coder reading this), is spent rewriting/repairing old code vs. writing new code. Although this is a PHP list, and my question is in regards to PHP, if you want to give me your opinion on this same question in regards to other languages you've programmed in, I wouldn't mind. thanks, William -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] a question about the PHP manual
Hello, As I'm studying, and learning, PHP, I use certain resources again and again. A few books I've bought, some web sites, this mailing list, and the PHP manual. I've taken the often repeated 'RTFM' to heart, and I attempt to google or RTFM before considering a post to the list with a question, but now I have a question about the manual itself. I've noticed that most of the replies to the questions on this list, when they refer to a part of the manual, point to the same few sections over and over. Such as arrays, strings, sessions, objects, and a few others. My question is this, when I'm reading the manual, is just that I should be concentrating on a few sections (and if so, which?), or should I be giving equal attention to all the sections, including some (I suppose) I might never use. Thoughts? thanks, William -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems running PHP.
snip ?php // variables para capturar desde la orderform $tireqty = $HTTP_GET_VARS['tireqty']; $oilqty = $HTTP_GET_VARS['oilqty']; $sparkqty = $HTTP_GET_VARS['sparkqty']; ? /snip snip I am sure that this code works because I tried it on a server who is running php 4.0, I know that in php 5.0.2, I can use $_POST and $_GET instead of $HTTP_GET_VARS or $HTTP_POST_VARS. But, I have tried them and they are not working. So, I hope you can help me to fix it, because I really want to learn how to program with PHP. Best Regards, Jose /snip Hello Jose, You may have already tried this, but have you checked your php.ini file to see if you have register_globals = Off If you don't, change it to 'Off', and try your code again. William -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Images problem
Phpu wrote: If i have 2 images: $im1 = imagecreate (100, 100); $white = ImageColorAllocate ($im1, 255, 255, 255); $im2 = imagecreate (50, 50); $black = ImageColorAllocate ($im2, 0, 0, 0); How can i put $im2 over $im1 and result one single image? Is there a function to do this? Thank You this looks like what you need http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopymerge.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
