I can't believe how many people don't realize how many of their questions are answered in the PHP/MySQL/Apache documentation!

Chris Pomasl wrote:

> Considering that most people using PHP are dabbling, it does not
> surprise me.
>
> I am a professional programmer and find that MOST of my colleagues do
> not RTFM so the fact that non-pro's don't either is hardly surprising.
> Especially the newer, younger people.
>
> Me, I find I usually get more accurate answers from the manual than the
> so-called experts. The only exception is getting the nuance of a
> function that may not be covered by a technical manual. IE: How/when to
> use a function and which might be better if there are alternatives.
>

With you on that one!

Once I get the time, I'm going to put up some kind of Wiki/faq-o-matic/cms
article system for putting faqs, tips, etc on, so we can just point people
at it. The main concerns are security (no Wiki terrorists!) and bandwidth -
I've had trouble finding something else of this nature (like the css-discuss
wiki at http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ ), which suggests that if it takes
off, the bandwidth and server loading could be an important concern...

If you have any thoughts on the best way to do this, or what you'd like to see,
please let me know (here or offlist - the email is real...)

Matt