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If you don't already know, the Flash forum has had tons of sucess with "AS: Main". AS: Main is a group of tutorials writtin within different threads in the Flash forum, and then they are all compiles within a list in the AS: Main thread.

I thought it would be cool to do it for the programming forum, and the best language to do it with would probably be PHP.

So, lets begin!

If you want to write a tutoiral, follow these steps:

1. Create a new thread, with the subject "PHP: The title of my tutorial"
2. Come into PHP: Main, and make a post linking to your tutorial. When the next page is coming, all of the new tutorials will be added to the compiled list.

So, lets get started!

I have a few tutorials that I'll post in a few minutes, and I think Pilot-Doofy does also.

I'll compile the first list before we reach the end of the page just to show what it will look like.

OK, so, I just posted this tutorial:
PHP: Create a random quotes script

Here's what the list currently looks like:

PHP: SPECIFIC PROJECTS:

BEGINNER (1)
PHP: Create a random quotes script by GamesCool

Let me know what you guys think of this format. I just took it from how Denvish does it in AS: Main.

Like I had suggested in another post, how about someone compiles all of these scripts and puts them on a website so that this post doesn't get "lost"?

Why not do it in this thread? It works perfectly in the Flash forum, so it can definitley work here, as long as people contribute.

The sucess soley depends on people contributing. If enough people contribute, the thread will stay up, a lot of people will know about it.

But we're not expecting n00bs to see the thread.

When someone makes a thread "Hey how do I make a portal?", a regular can say, go to PHP: Main and learn PHP.

Ummm k...Whatever you say

Can I just explan PHP in here, or do I need to make a whole thread?

At 11/3/05 09:22 PM, blah569 wrote: Can I just explan PHP in here, or do I need to make a whole thread?

Well, I think we should hold true to what AS: Main does, so yes, new thread, then post the link in here, and it will be added on the next compiled list.

Remember, make the topic subject:
PHP: Name of your tutorial

I look foward to seeing it!

Ok, first of all, I was going to make a portal tutorial (but just one of the codes goes over the chacter limit). So what do people want to learn?

You can just start out with anything basic, and people will be able to learn from it.

PHP: Basics. I hope that is what you ment :P.

OK cool, that will be in the beginners category. When we get a few more, I'll update the list.

At 11/3/05 11:07 PM, blah569 wrote: PHP: Basics. I hope that is what you ment :P.

This kind of stuff isn't going to cut it, sorry.
I only suggest writing tutorials if you are very proficient with php. You just posted a topic about using the php mail function, so I'm going to have to assume that's not the case

A php basics tutorial should be for people who know nothing about PHP. They would still be pretty confused if they read this. You didn't explain what php is, what it stands for, how to use it inside of html, or anything. There are also other ways to start and end scripts. As far as the variables you declared a variable and assigned it to a value passed through post, but mentioned nothing of the post superglobal or how it works

Not trying to be mean, but read through GamesCool's first tutorial to see what we're going for here : )

I made a topic like this, and called it PROG: Main but it got locked by afro-ninja...

OK, because you say that, I posted my PHP beginners tutorial. I wrote it a few months ago.

Let me know what you think:
PHP: Beginners tutorial

At 11/3/05 11:45 PM, SpamBurger wrote: I made a topic like this, and called it PROG: Main but it got locked by afro-ninja...

'Programming' was a bit too general, php is one of the more asked about and discussed topics around here. I think it's about the only language that would deserve it's own 'MAIN' topic. As you can see I have locked one of the tutorials made, because it didn't cover very much. When you made your tutorial you just covered one javascript function, which was a little sparse

Also, no offense, but GamesCool knows a good bit of php and has been around here for a while, wheras when you made your topic it was the first time I saw you post in here and it just seemed you were trying to hop on the something:MAIN wagon =)

I've just made a basic file upload tutorial and I've got the package of files available for download on my website if they'd like to download the files and have them right on their own computer.

PHP: file uploads

At 11/4/05 12:05 AM, Pilot-Doofy wrote: PHP: file uploads

WOW! Awesome tutorial!

At 11/4/05 12:06 AM, GamesCool wrote:

At 11/4/05 12:05 AM, Pilot-Doofy wrote: PHP: file uploads

WOW! Awesome tutorial!

Thanks. I thought I may have been to lengthy on the php.ini discussions but about 50% of the problems that people contact me about dealing with uploads have to do with configuration settings so I wanted to make sure that was water under the bridge and it wasn't some careless mistake.

I hope to write some more tomorrow. :)

At 11/3/05 11:50 PM, Afro_Ninja wrote:

At 11/3/05 11:45 PM, SpamBurger wrote: I made a topic like this, and called it PROG: Main but it got locked by afro-ninja...

stuff

o_o Ouch. Ok, I suppose Im not known around here. I just made it becuase a couple of people said it would be a good idea.

OK cool. I'll post my advanced tutorial, and then I'll start writing more.

Oh yeah, I also wanted to post the updated list:

PHP: GENERAL CODE:

BEGINNER (1)
PHP: Beginners tutorial by GamesCool

INTERMEDIATE (1)
PHP: file uploads by Pilot-Doofy

PHP: SPECIFIC PROJECTS:

BEGINNER (1)
PHP: Create a random quotes script by GamesCool

Since my other one isn't good enough, I will make a "Make a portal tutorial".

At 11/4/05 08:07 AM, blah569 wrote: I will make a "Make a portal tutorial".

Please don't. That concept cannot be explained in 6,000 characters.

I thought there were a lot of PHP threads when I checked here at school.. though it was translated from english to spanish by Alta Vista so the words were kinda fucked up, it coulda just been sticking PHP on the front of everything ;)

This really works for the Flash forum, nice to see it's evolving.

At 11/4/05 11:08 AM, Pilot-Doofy wrote:

At 11/4/05 08:07 AM, blah569 wrote: I will make a "Make a portal tutorial".

Please don't. That concept cannot be explained in 6,000 characters.

Then what PHP tutorial should I make?

At 11/4/05 05:10 PM, blah569 wrote: Then what PHP tutorial should I make?

Write it on an aspect of PHP that you know VERY well. It can be a small subject, just explain it in detail.

Also, I am writing a beginners tutorial on connecting to a MySQL database with PHP, and doing some simple things.

And WOW! We're almost ready for our first official list! (Page 2)

I would like to request a tutorial. Maybe someone can do a tutorial on how to make a topsites list. I'm sure alot of people would want to know how to do that.

Soooo, var's, print/echo, links, atrobutes? I don't know what to start with...

At 11/4/05 05:28 PM, Greeley wrote: I would like to request a tutorial. Maybe someone can do a tutorial on how to make a topsites list. I'm sure alot of people would want to know how to do that.

Great! I am going to write a PHP/MySQL tutorial, and then I'll write a topsite tutorial after, as everyone who reads the topsite one should know how to use PHP with MySQL first. If anyone else would like to write the topsite one, and knows how, please feel free to write it.

At 11/4/05 05:47 PM, blah569 wrote: Soooo, var's, print/echo, links, atrobutes? I don't know what to start with...

That's all included in my PHP beginners tutorial I posted.

At 11/4/05 07:43 PM, GamesCool wrote:

At 11/4/05 05:28 PM, Greeley wrote: I would like to request a tutorial. Maybe someone can do a tutorial on how to make a topsites list. I'm sure alot of people would want to know how to do that.

Great! I am going to write a PHP/MySQL tutorial, and then I'll write a topsite tutorial after, as everyone who reads the topsite one should know how to use PHP with MySQL first. If anyone else would like to write the topsite one, and knows how, please feel free to write it.

At 11/4/05 05:47 PM, blah569 wrote: Soooo, var's, print/echo, links, atrobutes? I don't know what to start with...

That's all included in my PHP beginners tutorial I posted.

What do people want to learn? The first thing I ever wanted to learn was how to use PHP, but I found that out along time ago. So I don't know what to teach.

PHP: Random quote image

Learn how to create an image dynamicly with PHP that displays a random quote.