On Jan 22, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Daniel Brown wrote:
On Jan 22, 2008 9:03 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is basically it. You're going to want to learn the why, not
just
the how though. There is a reason for creating functions and it
isn't
just code reuse. Think about when you want to change your export
script. Say you needed to add a field to it. Right now you have to
edit some web facing php script mixed with code that handles the
request and connects to your database. Wouldn't it be easier if you
just could edit a very specific spot that was easy to get to and
pop a
column on to that instead of sifting through dozens of if statements?
Eric's exactly right, J. I started working with PHP about a
decade ago (yeah, I was one of the 1% or so that played around with
PHP/FI2 - and I still have a copy of it, actually). I really didn't
appreciate functions as much as I should have until the release of
PHP4, and like Eric said, it's not just for 'reusability' - it's also
for portability, centralization, extensibility, and a whole bunch of
other great words with expansive suffixes.
I've found many times, that you can find the "how" by googling for the
right terms... It's the "Why" that you can't learn from code... That's
when you gotta dig into books and ask questions :)
Once I've had a chance to read some of the info that has been provided
and have a project (Maybe I'll even rewrite my current one if it makes
it faster!) I'll be asking questions :)
So hopefully you guys are ready for some questions that I come up
with. Maybe I'll even throw my experience into a webpage for someone
who is learning like me... bit by bit.
Thanks for all the help you guys provide! I vote to double the pay of
everyone who helps here!
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