ripX wrote:This is just a way for you to make money from me buying a book from your Amazon site. Surely this site is here to enable developers to chat to each other and learn PHP so I don't want to purchace a book from someone who has given me no help what-so-ever.
1. I dont' make any money off these book sales. I simply put it up there to help people.
2. You came here asking for advice, and I give it to you. I honestly think that the books I pointed you to are good books to learn PHP from. Use that, along with the plethora of PHP websites out there (the PHPDN one's and a few others), and you should be fine.
3. I mentioned Beginners PHP 4 by WROX only because I know that the 3 things you mentioned you wanted to do are actually in the book. When I read those three things, I thought to myself, "Oh wow, he wants something that is provided exactly in that book! I bet he doesn't know that."
4. Suggesting I have given you no help whatsoever is a bit ironic since I am the one who setup these forums. While I don't expect you to bow down to me, I do expect at least some trust in that I do know what I am doing. When I make a suggestion, it is sincerely because I think it is the best method.
5. Patience. I gave you the short answer because of lack of time (I have a tendancy to check the forums whenever I can, even if for only a few minutes. I may not always give the longest answer because I am pressed for time. So rather than give you no answer at all, I gave you something to work with.
6. Attitude. Relax man...no one here is going to bite your head off, and it if ever seems we do, we are not. I won't let it happen here. You are right, this is a place for developers to learn from. I probably should have given you more places to go. However, I trusted that the other users of this site would jump in and offer suggestions as well. We are a good group of folk, with the honest interest in helping others. Not everyone sends you an Amazon link to buy from. Amazon is merely a good place to read review of books and what not, so you can see if you really want a book before you go down to your local book store to buy it, like I always do.
So just to clarify, no hard feelings.
p.s. Just a note to everyone, I love my avatars.
