Posted by Timothy Murphy on 11/15/43 11:25

PHPGB wrote:

> php needs another manual or book in the same way bill gates needs
> another million dollars .
>
> I'm past the initial php newbie stage - so I have to ask the question -
> are you under the impression I have something to gain ? .

Having (mildly) criticised the manual,
I feel I must spring to its defence here.

First of all, it is by far the best on-line tutorial
among the 3 or 4 that google gave me when asked "php (tutorial, howto)".

Secondly, if you already know php,
it is not clear what you want from a tutorial.

Thirdly, as a php newbie (but fairly experienced in C and Java)
I found the tutorial very useful.

My criticism - if you can call it that -
was that it could have stooped lower for the newbie.


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