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Mat Bowles ([personal profile] matgb) wrote2005-01-01 02:17 am

Lookee!

http://www.taktix.org/test.php

What's so good about that you ask? It hasn't got anything new and the links don't all work.

Simple says I. Look at the domain name carefully. It's PHP generated! Yippe ki yay! I've taught myself php :-D

test.php has 8 lines of code total, but it inserts 7 separate elements, each of which is independently updateable.

That means there's a small chance I may get around to doing more to the site from now on.

Oh yeah, my old monitor flickered and started smoking late last night (if it hadn't I'd have done this post yesterday before bed), so I went to Staples on a mission and am now the proud owner of a flat screen. I considered buying a new laptop, but have decided to teach myself how to build a system from scratch instead. Too much megatokyo perchance?

Um, anyone out there that knows how to build PCs, feel free to tell me where to, um, start. I'm not really much of a techie...
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[identity profile] mapp.livejournal.com 2005-01-01 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going back to Exeter on the fourth. If you want to meet up at some point and either sit in front of a computer or, perhaps, go down to the PC World (it's evil, but they do have buckets of parts), then I'm game for it...

[identity profile] johnwordsworth.livejournal.com 2005-01-01 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hey Mat, if you ever want any help with either PHP or putting a PC together - feel free to prod me, I've been doing both now for far too much of my life...

My only real PHP tip is - RTFM. No - seriously, the function reference on the php site (which you can download in 'windows help format') really is everything you will ever need once you understand the logic behind functions etc.

As for putting your own PC together, the hardest part now-a-days is simply making sure you've bought all the bits, and that they are the right bits. Ensure that the speed of the RAM and that the processor clock speed is supported by your motherboard, and be sure not to forget something tiny like the Fan, the thermal grease or a power cable if the case doesn't come with one...

If you want me to come round and give you a hand sometime - just give me a prod, I'll gladly help out in any way that I can.

[identity profile] sinju.livejournal.com 2005-01-01 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray for Pulp :)

And congrats on learning php, I wouldn't know where to start with that...

[identity profile] johnwordsworth.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, Live Journal stripped all the good bits... printPageStart was SUPPOSED to look like...

<?php
function printPageStart( $pageTitle ) {
echo "<html><head><title>$pageTitle</title></head>";
include("header.htm");
}
?>

(Dear lord - that was a mission to write in!!)