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- RobertGonzalez
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There is no forum for dumb questions. It is the hope of all members here that a person would do some amount of work on their own before posting so their question can at least sound thought out. Questions can be dumb, I'll be the first to admit, but if you put in some effort before asking someone to do it for you, your question will not appear as dumb.
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Everah and Jcart are right... My answer was half serious half a joke, since I've seen so much stupid questions on the PHP - Code forum, such as posts with the title: Unexpected T_STRING on line....
Heck, how could someone even think about starting a new topic and ask for help with such a stupid problem?
Heck, how could someone even think about starting a new topic and ask for help with such a stupid problem?
- RobertGonzalez
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For developers that know what those types of things mean, it would seem stupid to ask about it. Its like asking about how a while loop works. Why ask, he should know this stuff, right?
But for the new person that has never developed anything before, or for the developer that has never experienced PHP's error reporting style, this can be a little confusing. It was for me. And I would have posted a question about an error like that once upon a time. Now, no. But as a younger, less experienced PHP developer, heck yeah.
Sure there is some redundance of newbie questions (headers already sent are starting to grate on me at this point), but every PHP developer was new to the language at some point. They need help breaking in too.
PS This is not meant to be a confrontational post. I am merely explaining why I think that a certain amount of patience is required in this community by the seasoned developers when dealing with new developers.
But for the new person that has never developed anything before, or for the developer that has never experienced PHP's error reporting style, this can be a little confusing. It was for me. And I would have posted a question about an error like that once upon a time. Now, no. But as a younger, less experienced PHP developer, heck yeah.
Sure there is some redundance of newbie questions (headers already sent are starting to grate on me at this point), but every PHP developer was new to the language at some point. They need help breaking in too.
PS This is not meant to be a confrontational post. I am merely explaining why I think that a certain amount of patience is required in this community by the seasoned developers when dealing with new developers.
I guess you are right in a way...
But when I encountered with these errors and the like, I'd start to search what was wrong with my code... Most of the time it was stupid errors such as forgetting to put ; (semi colon) and such.
Edit: <off-topic>Don't you sleep Everah? I mean... It seems that you are online all day long. When I went to sleep you were online, and now when I got up, you are online too
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But when I encountered with these errors and the like, I'd start to search what was wrong with my code... Most of the time it was stupid errors such as forgetting to put ; (semi colon) and such.
Edit: <off-topic>Don't you sleep Everah? I mean... It seems that you are online all day long. When I went to sleep you were online, and now when I got up, you are online too
- RobertGonzalez
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This all is very helpfull information and thank you to everyone.
I usually Google the Error as soon as i get it, but what i find is that one error can mean many different problems. Im sure i will get the hang of it after doing a couple of scripts i am taking a college course in beginning PHP in the fall semester so that should help as well.
Personally I love coding the logic behind is fantastic. So once i learn the Commands and how to use them, and correct the little errors like using the $ and ; i should be on my way.
Thanks again everyone!
~Snapple
I usually Google the Error as soon as i get it, but what i find is that one error can mean many different problems. Im sure i will get the hang of it after doing a couple of scripts i am taking a college course in beginning PHP in the fall semester so that should help as well.
Personally I love coding the logic behind is fantastic. So once i learn the Commands and how to use them, and correct the little errors like using the $ and ; i should be on my way.
Thanks again everyone!
~Snapple