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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:47:23 -0800
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To: David Muir <davidkmuir@gmail.com>
Cc: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>, PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: ext/mysql deprecation
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:32 PM, David Muir <davidkmuir@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20/11/12 21:22, Lester Caine wrote:
>
>> Ulf Wendel wrote:
>>
>>>    1. Add this link to the RFC?:
>>>>> >> https://wikis.oracle.com/**display/mysql/Converting+to+**MySQLi<https://wikis.oracle.com/display/mysql/Converting+to+MySQLi>
>>>>>
>>>> As the author I cannot recommend materials created in 2006 and not
>>> updated since then for inclusion into a RFC.
>>>
>>
>> At the end of the day this is the problem all around. There needs
>> sufficient volume of mysqli examples and tutorials to at least get some on
>> a search for 'mysql php tutorial'.
>>
>> This IS all about education carrots rather than irritating sticks.
>> Perhaps there needs to be a concerted campaign to get the key tutorials
>> such as at http://www.w3schools.com updated to a much more modern format?
>>
>>
>
> There was a concerted campaign to get w3schools updated, but as far as I
> know, it's fallen on deaf ears. And it's not just their PHP info that's
> outdated.
>
> See w3fools.com
>
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
+1 on ignoring w3schools.  Those guys are idiots.

I'd never seen the w3fools site before and I love it!  One thing in there
got me thinking:  One of their suggestions to w3schools is that they should
"wikify" their content.  They obviously won't do that, but what if we
launched something like that instead?  The PHP manual is a great functional
reference point, but it's understandably thin when it comes to tutorials.
 What if some of us got together and launched a new wiki (I'm thinking
something separate from wiki.php.net) site dedicated to providing accurate,
up-to-date tutorials on how to do _____ in PHP?  Unlike most other sites,
we'd be in a good position to displace inaccurate sources like w3schools in
the search results.

Just a thought, though I'm sure it's not an original one.

--Kris

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