Intro to PHP

Monday, February 4th, 2002 at 9:44 AM | Category: Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech 4 comments

When I started learning PHP, I was disappointed to find few sites that clearly explained it for the nonprogrammer. ComputerWorld has a basic introduction to PHP that is a good starting point for anyone interested in learning about it.

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4 comments

  • Posted by Todd on February 4th, 2002, 10:46 AM

    You rule! Thanks!

  • Posted by NJ Meryl on February 4th, 2002, 10:11 PM

    If I learn PHP, do I have to put up comments?

  • Posted by MadMan on February 5th, 2002, 3:09 PM

    Meryl, do you think you could replace the <a href=# …> in your “comments” link and: 

    a) replace with the actual URL so that people with JS disabled can view it too? (yes, I have JS turned on)

    b) use a “return false” in conjunction with your popup JS so that the anchor tag doesn’t get activated. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but if I click on a “post a note” link a couple of pages down, it jumps right back to the top of the page because the bookmark link is activated. Very annoying. A “return false” will fix this by not returning control to the anchor tag.

    This is what your code should look like:

    <a href=”http://www.meryl.net/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=957“ target=”_blank”
    onClick=”OpenComments(957); return false”>Post a note</a>

    Tada! Works for everyone – JS or without. And it won’t make your site jump
    either :)
    Just an idea.

  • Posted by MadMan on February 5th, 2002, 3:12 PM

    Yech, didn’t realise the “email” was mandatory. Perhaps a “all fields required” notice too? ;)

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