Great guide here Ma Siva Kumar... I am a little guilty of not doing this, actually recently too... As I think most of us are at one point or another... Although I would like to add alittle something, maybe just alittle guidance for newbies and seasoned professionals like yourself!
1. Helping those newbies out there helps promote PHP & Opensource stuff... This is HUGE... Even if we have to hold someones hand through the first steps. 2. Most of understand the descriptions and explinations on the PHP.nt site... But sometimes they are alittle vague (seldom though)... And most people see them as very very technical... And they need some people to translate for them... 3. Tutorials are a great way to learn PHP... There is so much out there. I am by no means an advance PHP programmer... But more of an intermediate one... Often I do go through tutorials, but still am left a little puzzled... So I ask people on these mailinglist for clarification... I found that people here have a wealth of knowledge to make people like me(RIGHT BRAINERS) understand... Heck if it wasn't for some of these guys here, I would still be trying to understand arrays.... Bravo Ma Siva Kumar... Good guide... Cheers! Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:33 AM > To: PHP Mailing List > Subject: [PHP] [Newbie Guide] For the benefit of new members > > > ========================================================= > This message is for the benefit of new subscribers and those > new to PHP. > Those who do not want to be bothered just filter out the > [Newbie Guide] > mails. Please feel free to add more points and send to the > list. ========================================================== > 1. If you have any queries/problems about PHP try > http://www.php.net/manual/en > first. You can download a copy and use it offline also. > > 2. If you can not get answer here try http://www.google.com next. Try > searching for "php YOUR QUERY" and you may be lucky to get an > answer within > the first 10 results. > > 3. Glancing through the list archive at > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general , you can find > many of the > common topics discussed repeatedly and can get your answer from those > discussions. > > 4. If you are stuck with a script and do not understand what > is wrong, instead > of posting the whole script, try doing some research > yourself. One useful > trick is to print the variable/sql query using print or echo > command and > check whether you get what you expected. > > After diagnosing the problem, send the details of your > efforts (following > steps 1,2 & 3) and ask for help in the list. > > 5. Provide a clear descriptive subject line. Avoid general > subjects like > "Help!!", "A Question" etc. Especially avoid blank subjects. > > 6. When you want to start a new topic, open a new mail and > enter the mailing > list address [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of replyting > to an existing > thread and replacing the subject and body with your message. > > 7. PHP is a server side scripting language. Whatever > processing PHP does takes > place BEFORE the output reaches the client. Therefore, it is > not possible to > access the users' computer related information (OS, screen > size etc) using > PHP. You need to go for Java Script and ask the question in a > Java Script > list. > > 8. It's always a good idea to post back to the list once > you've solved your problem. People usually add [SOLVED] to > the subject line of their email when posting solutions. By > posting your solution you're helping the next person with the > same question. [contribued by Chris W Parker] > > 9. Ask smart questions http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > [contributed by Jay Blanchard) > > Hope you have a good time programming with PHP. > > Best regards, > > -- > Ma Siva Kumar, > ================================================ > INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR LEATHER INDUSTRY > BSG LeatherLink, > Chennai. > Ph: +91 44 55191757 > URL : http://www.leatherlink.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
