On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jim Giner <jim.giner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/14/2012 1:10 AM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: >> >> This just dropped in my inbox the other day from Smashing #69: >> >>> 2. PHP The Right Way >>> >>> If you are developing for the Web, the chances are high that you have >>> to deal with PHP on a regular basis. However, once you've stumbled >>> upon a problem that you have to solve, finding a good solution among >>> thousands and thousands of (partly outdated) PHP tutorials out there >>> can be quite a nightmare — especially if you are relatively new to >>> PHP. Where would you go to learn about the current best practices in >>> PHP? >>> >>> PHP The Right Way >>> >>> Perhaps PHP The Right Way. The site is an easy-to-read, quick >>> reference for the best practices in PHP, accepted coding standards, >>> and links to authoritative tutorials around the Web. Josh Lockhart has >>> worked together with a dozen of well-respected members of the PHP >>> community to create a useful, up-to-date resource for everybody to >>> use. >>> >> >> I've just been perusing it, and it offers some good advice. Anyone >> here work on it / read it? Thoughts? >> > Sounds like a good idea, but as for me - if I was a newbie I'd have a > problem with their very first instructions. It says right off the start to > type in the following: > php -5 localhost:8000 > > which when I do (from a dos prompt) gives me a nice description of the > command, but fails to do anything else for me. So how does this (as it > says) "help me learn with the hassle of configureing and installing a > full-fledged web server"? Are you running 5.4+? First thing it says is "Use the current stable version (5.4)". The PHP server (-S) is not available in anything earlier. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
