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Re: Nested PHP [message #184873 is a reply to message #184869]

Wed, 12 February 2014 12:52

adrian
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Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:

> On 2/12/2014 5:13 AM, Adrian Tuddenham wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>>
[...]
>> How do you delete the file? I have tried a few 'obvious' (obvious to
>> me, that is) methods, but they don't seem to work. I initially tried
>> going down the temporary file route, but my inability to find a way of
>> deleting the files was one reason why I abandoned it.
>>
>
> Which is only one reason this is a bad way of doing it. But these were
> questions to point out problems with this method.
>
> BTW - to delete files, you use unlink(). See the documentation at
> www.php.net - it's the best reference around.

I found that function and tried it, but the file didn't seem to go away
- its name was still visible even after I updated the file listings in
my ftp program. Eventually I deleted it manually by ftp.

Perhaps I got something wrong or I didn't wait long enough before
checking; I'll try again.
>
>>
>>> But I also agree with you it sounds almost richard-ish.
>>
>> Sorry if my beginner's questions sound like that, but I have started
>> trying to teach myself php from a position of almost complete ignorance,
>> especially in the way servers work. My previous experience of using a
>> 'server', if you can call it that, was programming in AlgolW under
>> Multics on an ICL System 4 mainframe in the 1970s; what little
>> programming I have done since then has been on desktop machines.
>>
>> There are plenty of references to php on the Web, but using them to
>> learn a programming language is like trying to learn to drive a car by
>> reading detailed descriptions of the clutch pedal, the brake pedal and
>> the accelerator pedal.
>>
>> I feet I needed to read through a selection of easy-to-follow examples
>> of how real programmers solve real (straightforward) problems in the
>> world of php - but as these don't seem to be available in any sort of
>> collected form, I have turned to this group for guidance.
>>
>>
>
> Forget most of the web-based references. There's a lot more crap out
> there than there is good stuff. The best reference is the doc at
> www.php.net, as I said above. Other than that, I would highly suggest
> you visit your local book store. At least books have been through an
> editorial process, and in general are better. Sorry I don't have any
> specific ones to suggest; it's been a while since I've looked.
>
> Normally I also suggest your public library - but if it's like the one
> we have, the books will be several years old and way out of date for PHP.

I have put a visit to the bookshop on my shopping list for this
afternoon.

[OT]
Sadly, not all books now go through a worthwhile editorial process.
There was a recent glaring example published by Focal Press of a book
relating to the history of analogue electronics (which is one of my
specialities) full of utter nonsense. You couldn't really say the
statements contained 'errors', they were just complete gobbledeygook
made up by an author with no knowledge of the subject whatsoever.

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~ Adrian Tuddenham ~
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		Nested PHP By: adrian on Mon, 10 February 2014 20:24
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 10 February 2014 20:56
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Mon, 10 February 2014 21:44
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 10 February 2014 21:51
		Re: Nested PHP By: Peter H. Coffin on Tue, 11 February 2014 14:14
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 14:27
		Re: Nested PHP By: Peter H. Coffin on Wed, 12 February 2014 00:41
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 12 February 2014 01:03
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Wed, 12 February 2014 10:13
		Re: Nested PHP By: Tim Streater on Wed, 12 February 2014 10:33
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 12 February 2014 11:30
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Wed, 12 February 2014 12:52
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 12 February 2014 13:11
		Re: Nested PHP By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 13 February 2014 06:55
		Re: Nested PHP By: Peter H. Coffin on Thu, 13 February 2014 18:02
		Re: Nested PHP By: Stefan+Usenet on Wed, 12 February 2014 12:14
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 10 February 2014 22:09
		Re: Nested PHP By: Christoph Michael Bec on Mon, 10 February 2014 22:23
		Re: Nested PHP By: Tim Streater on Mon, 10 February 2014 22:27
		Re: Nested PHP By: Geoff Muldoon on Mon, 10 February 2014 22:30
		Re: Nested PHP By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 10 February 2014 23:06
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 01:46
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 10:11
		Re: Nested PHP By: Tim Streater on Tue, 11 February 2014 11:17
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 12:01
		Re: Nested PHP By: Tim Streater on Tue, 11 February 2014 12:45
		Re: Nested PHP By: Christoph Michael Bec on Tue, 11 February 2014 12:55
		Re: Nested PHP By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 11 February 2014 13:29
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 14:31
		Re: Nested PHP By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 11 February 2014 17:24
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 13:15
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 14:31
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 15:10
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 15:31
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 16:24
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Wed, 12 February 2014 10:13
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 12 February 2014 11:33
		Re: Nested PHP By: Ben Bacarisse on Tue, 11 February 2014 15:26
		Re: Nested PHP By: Ben Bacarisse on Tue, 11 February 2014 14:41
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Tue, 11 February 2014 15:31
		Re: Nested PHP By: Ben Bacarisse on Tue, 11 February 2014 15:53
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 11 February 2014 16:26
		Re: Nested PHP By: bill on Tue, 11 February 2014 12:12
		Re: Nested PHP By: Mr Oldies on Wed, 12 February 2014 14:33
		Re: Nested PHP By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 13 February 2014 06:47
		Re: Nested PHP By: Scott Johnson on Thu, 13 February 2014 13:01
		Re: Nested PHP By: Evan Platt on Fri, 14 February 2014 15:19
		Re: Nested PHP By: Scott Johnson on Fri, 14 February 2014 18:43
		Re: Nested PHP By: Arno Welzel on Sun, 02 March 2014 14:54
		Re: Nested PHP By: adrian on Sun, 02 March 2014 18:10
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 03 March 2014 11:38
		Re: Nested PHP By: Arno Welzel on Mon, 17 March 2014 14:26
		Re: Nested PHP By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 17 March 2014 14:52
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 17 March 2014 15:33
		Re: Nested PHP By: Peter H. Coffin on Mon, 17 March 2014 22:10
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 17 March 2014 23:01
		Re: Nested PHP By: Christoph Michael Bec on Mon, 17 March 2014 23:31
		Re: Nested PHP By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 18 March 2014 13:10
		Re: Nested PHP By: Gabriel on Mon, 17 March 2014 15:18

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