[PHP] 2 Questions: Static variables and the nature of the online manual

Hello, I got this e-mail address from the ŒAdd note¹ page within the php.net website. I was going to post something that was a question and I realised I was in the wrong place :) I have 2 basic questions and I¹m sorry if they may seem too basic. I¹m a bit new to php. The first question has to

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to the function, but it's not written anywhere in the manual page. And it seems the most important statement in my opinion, that justifies what I see as an exception to a normal flow. Hope all this makes sense. Thanks, S In 4/3/08 13:14, Jochem Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto Svevo Romano schreef

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Just one word, Thanks :) S In 4/3/08 16:22, David Giragosian, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto I would hazard a guess that the 'static' keyword and functionality comes from ANSI C. I just pulled The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie from the book case and it is described there in

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On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Svevo Romano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The second question has to do with the online manual. I¹ve found several things on that manual specified in comments and not in the actual manual part of it. What is the nature of the manual? Contributions from voluteers

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Ok Jochem, It makes a lot of sense. Now I know what I can expect from the manual and what kind of approach I should have. I hope to contribute as well in the future. Many thanks, S In 4/3/08 16:11, Jochem Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto Svevo Romano schreef: Hi there, Many thanks

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are often 'foo 'and '$a' related :P In other words I think that it is indeed targeted to beginners as wel, isn't it? Thanks for all the valuable info btw. :) In 4/3/08 16:59, Thiago Pojda, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto -Mensagem original- De: Svevo Romano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

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they would explain the concept in full detail in chapter 5 and, in chap 5, they kinda forgot to do it.. hehe All the best. In 4/3/08 22:05, Richard Lynch, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto On Tue, March 4, 2008 10:12 am, Svevo Romano wrote: Still, I jusy wonder how Jochem knew that the line is only