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Tutorial Ideas?
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:09 pm
by launchcode
Hi all,
Note: Mods - sorry if this is the wrong board, please move if so.
I'm getting ready to write the next set of PHP tutorials and am after some ideas - is there anything people would really like to see a tutorial on? (doesn't matter how basic or advanced it is). Some suggestions is all I'm after. Functions to perform something, or a complete app framework, it doesn't matter which.
Would love to know what people consider useful.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:20 pm
by qads
i would suggest that you have a look around on this forum, see what most people ask help with, then write a nice, easy to understand tut

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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:06 pm
by launchcode
I have been

they're just not very.. well.. consistent.. a lot of "how to store images in a database" without even reasoning WHY they should be doing it in the first place

and so much code that looks like it was dragged out of the ark, cobbled together from scraps all over the shop. Still, if I don't get any other responses I guess I'll have to do this.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:45 pm
by tim
do a reg ex tutorial if you feel like being challeneged.
ha ha

Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 5:07 pm
by patrikG
Moved to General Discussion.
Launchcode - we have some tutorials that are already written and will be posted (again) shortly. They are, naturally, by no means exhaustive at all and cover a narrow range of topics on which we will expand. The plan is to put them in a Wiki - which will be really fantastic!
If you feel like it, why don't you write a File Upload / Download tutorial - that's something very frequently asked (and it's not just image-uploads) and would be of great help to everyone. Alternatively, why not write a file writing / reading tutorial if you like?
Another FAQ is sending emails with attachments - plenty to choose from
I hope to post the already existing FAQtorials (as I affectionately call them

) asap.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 5:48 pm
by launchcode
I'll gladly do a "when to not bother using regular expressions"

because so many people try to use them right away when PHP can mostly do what is needed already.
As for the "file upload" tutorial - damned good idea. Will work on that.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 5:55 pm
by jason
Okay...here we go again:
http://wiki.devnetwork.net/index.php/LearnPHP
Work on the tutorial, and put it up there. =)
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 5:58 pm
by launchcode
jason: ??
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 6:22 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
jason
Site Admin
is that what you meant..?
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 6:29 pm
by launchcode
No, I meant ?? because when he first posted (notice the edit time?) his post didn't make any sense

Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:44 pm
by tim
lol, str_replace is a function that can rule out regex, but not all the time.
regex is awesome (as i can see from dipping my toes)
excellent idea about file uploads
funny how alot of people ask how to read, write, format text into/from a .txt file
perhaps u could ponder on that tutorial as well.