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Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup?

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Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 10/2/12 9:08 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>> Am 02.10.2012 17:40, schrieb Daniel Pitts:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> I know some "programming language" newsgroups have different opinions 
>>> on whether
>>> frameworks are on topic.  I'm learning Symfony2, and re-learning PHP 
>>> (after 5 years
>>> hiatus).  If it is on-topic here, I may be asking questions from 
>>> time-to-time.  If it
>>> isn't, then I'll find some other venue for the symfony specific 
>>> questions ;-)
>>
>> The general policy is "PHP only". I have never seen a discussion on 
>> symfony subjects
>> here.
> Okay, that's good to know.  I'm sure I'll have some PHP questions at 
> some point.
> 
>> I would even expect people here telling you "work up to a decent 
>> knowledge in PHP first".
> Unfortunately that isn't exactly an option.  I've been working at a Java 
> shop for 7 years, and suddenly we've been told we're going to become PHP 
> only. And that we're going to be using Symfony.  If I can't ramp up fast 
> on both, I may not be able to keep my job :-/
> 
> Although, on that topic, what is a good tutorial to get a basic overview 
> familiarity with PHP language features and libraries?
> 

RTFM  the php one. Its basically interpreted C with a few special hooks 
and a lightly different syntax and a broadly similar library.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/

There are some OO extensions which I personally didn't bother with, but 
you may find them more familiar if you come from an OO background.

The bigger problem for me was understanding how to get the basic 
framework up and running with all the libraries I wanted: Writing it is 
simplicity itself by and large.



> Luckily, I'm a good enough programmer with several languages under my 
> belt. Moving to a somewhat foreign language shouldn't be *too* 
> difficult. A good IDE and Google will help for most of my immediate 
> problems.


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Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 08:40 -0700
  Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-02 18:08 +0200
    Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 09:50 -0700
      Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-02 19:26 +0200
        Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 11:36 -0700
      Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-02 22:56 +0200
      Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-02 23:16 +0100
      Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-03 10:15 +0200
        Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-03 09:26 -0700
  Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-10-02 10:33 -0700
  Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-10-02 13:37 -0400
    Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 11:38 -0700
  Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Jonathan Stein <jstein@image.dk> - 2012-10-03 10:02 +0200
    Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-10-03 11:04 -0400

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