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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 :).

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

8)

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.