On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Tim Streater <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 09 Oct 2012 at 20:46, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> For example your previous post, you >>> could have just looked up what the 'echo' and 'return' statements do >>> in the PHP manual, and they are probably explained pretty OK in those >>> books you own too. You probably could have answered the questions you >>> posted here yourself, after reading PHP manual carefully. >> >> Here, the phrase "PHP manual" means: >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ >> >> which I consider to be an excellent written resource for the language. In fact, I own no PHP books at all (whereas I do for JavaScript/HTML/CSS/SQLite) so that must say something about the quality of the on-line documentation. Further, it is written in a straightforward way, not trying to be clever (unlike some languages I could mention), so I can recommend it. It's available in languages other than English, too. >> >> -- >> Cheers -- Tim >> > > Thanks Tim! Should have mentioned the URL indeed. > Don't forget that if you want to find the manual page for a function fast, try > http://www.php.net/<function name> > where <function name> is the name you're looking for, so for example > for return, you could use > http://www.php.net/return > And there ya go, PHP manual page for return! > > - Matijn > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > The problems don't seem to be quite in understanding PHP, but programming in general. O'Reilly this week has a special offer going on books on general programming, which I hope no one minds if i spam it in here: < http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/geek-code-owo.do?code=WKGKCD&imm_mid=0975a3&cmp=em-code-books-videos-geek-code-elist > The code is WKGKCD, which should automatically be applied. Disclaimer: I am not an employee or stakeholder in O'Reilly, I just like their books an awful lot, and they've helped me a great deal. That said, I have to say I only own 1 PHP book: PHP Cookbook, which I think is buried under quite a pile of stuff as I never have used it. Yes, the online PHP docu is *that* *good*. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
