How to get your questions answered + PHP FAQ Links

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How to get your Questions Answered

Before posting, please take the time to search the forum to see if your question has already been answered and check to see that it isn't in the FAQ below. If you are having a problem with a particular PHP function, take a look at the documentation for it on the PHP site. Often other users will have identified the problem in the user notes and posted solution. You can jump to the documentation for a specific function by appending it to the PHP URL as follows:

http://www.php.net/function_name

E.g: for the fopen() function http://www.php.net/fopen

When you do post your question please tell us the version of PHP, MySql or any other libraries or applications you are using. Give as many details as possible including source code, error messages and database table definitions.

If you need to post source code try and root out the code which is causing the error and just post that. Posting 100's of lines is likely to put people off helping you. Ensure also that your code is readable and properly indented. You can preserve the indenting of PHP code and HTML by enclosing it in the appropriate tags.

[php]code goes here[/php]
[html]code goes here[/html]

An example of what your question should look like:

Title: Premature Loop Exit

Hi, I have script which reads all files in a directory and prints them. However, sometimes, the loop exits prematurely and not all the items are displayed. I am using PHP 5.0.1 and here is the loop:

while (($file = readdir($handle)) != false) {
       echo "$file\n";
} 

If your question relates specifically to Databases or HTML, you may find your question is better answered if posted in the Database Development Forum or the HTML Forum

When your Question has been Answered

Once your question has been answered please mark it as resolved by going to the Thread Tools menu in the top right of your thread and clicking the Mark Thread Resovled button.



If another member has been particularly helpful in solving your problem, you can click the button on their post and add to their reputation. More information about the reputation system can be found here.