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[Jeff]

I was in your position - as a fresh newbie - almost 6 months ago. Now
I'm a "seasoned" newbie. ;)

Here's the list of references that have helped me:

1. "PHP/MySQL for Dummies" - yes...kinda basic but when you're a newbie
it'll get you up and running. It  has some of the elementary stuff
explained quite nicely. I installed Apache/PHP/MySQL on my Win2000
server using the CDROM provided with the book (installation was
painless) and that helped me get a little comfortable with these
applications before I made the jump to Linux.

2. "PHP Functions: Essential Reference" from New Riders Publications.
Has a gazillion PHP functions listed by "area," i.e., string-related
functions, MySQL related functions, and so on. Many of the entries have
little code snippets, cross-references to related functions, etc.

3. For MySQL, I use "MySQL" by Paul DuBois, the second edition.

For online stuff I've found the following to be helpful:

1. http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial_index.php
2. http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/51/ 
3. http://www.developer.com/lang/php/
4. Of course, http://www.php.net/ and http://www.mysql.com 
5. This mail list.

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: Webapprentice [mailto:webapprentice at onemain.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 9:54 PM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Wow, I feel so stupid Re: [nycphp-talk] $_POST


>>Unless you know what host environment you are going to be in, one may 
>>opt to use $HTTP_POST_VARS['foo'].  I've run into several hosts who
have 
>>not upgraded the engine, so $_POST doesn't work.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, this can be an issue.  However, I also try to make the
code as
> "forward thinking" as possible.
> 
> $_POST = &$HTTP_POST_VARS;
> 
> at some top level include, or under a conditional that checks for a
php
> version, can make migrations easier.  There are still of course global
scope
> issues, but it's better than nothing.  But, I feel it's important to
use the
> newer superglobals (which aren't even that new anymore).  And of
course not
> register_globals!  :)

Holy smokes, I didn't realize that was possible.  Then again, I have not

used references yet.

@_@



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