Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-04 Thread Jochem Maas
Robert Cummings schreef: > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: >> Shawn McKenzie wrote: >>> PJ wrote: >>> This really needs some explanation I found this on the web: with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes matters" (WHY ?)

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:27:08AM -0500, PJ wrote: > What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind of > situations call for it's use? If you don't know the answer to that question, why would you ask the original question? If you don't believe you don't have a use for th

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread PJ
Daniel Brown wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:48, PJ wrote: > > [snip!] > >> Now I'm trying to modify my daughter's ptahhotep.com to use MySql. It's >> a learning experience. >> > > Through the years I've probably sounded like a broken record or > like I'm paid to endorse them or

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:48, PJ wrote: >> [snip!] > Now I'm trying to modify my daughter's ptahhotep.com to use MySql. It's > a learning experience. Through the years I've probably sounded like a broken record or like I'm paid to endorse them or something, but I'd recommend checking out PHPB

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread PJ
Bob McConnell wrote: > From: PJ > >> What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind >> > of > >> situations call for it's use? >> > > It's a matter of expectations. I am still trying to figure out why > anyone would want a GUI on any version of Unix or Linux.

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread PJ
Daniel Brown wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:27, PJ wrote: > >> What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind of >> situations call for it's use? >> > > On what kind of programming did you spend those years? > Not really programming, more like overseeing t

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Shawn McKenzie
PJ wrote: > Shawn McKenzie wrote: >> PJ wrote: >> >>> This really needs some explanation >>> I found this on the web: >>> >>> with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes matters" >>> (WHY ?) >>> and it works >>> >>> But this (_*FROM THE PHP MANUAL***_ * - exec()* ex

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 11:27 -0500, PJ wrote: > Shawn McKenzie wrote: > > PJ wrote: > > > >> This really needs some explanation > >> I found this on the web: > >> > >> with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes > >> matters" > >> (WHY ?) > >> and it works > >> > >>

RE: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Bob McConnell
From: PJ > > What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind of > situations call for it's use? It's a matter of expectations. I am still trying to figure out why anyone would want a GUI on any version of Unix or Linux. They just slow me down and make it very difficult to do

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:27, PJ wrote: >> > What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind of > situations call for it's use? On what kind of programming did you spend those years? -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://w

Re: [PHP] Re: whoami explanation

2009-03-03 Thread PJ
Shawn McKenzie wrote: > PJ wrote: > >> This really needs some explanation >> I found this on the web: >> >> with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes matters" >> (WHY ?) >> and it works >> >> But this (_*FROM THE PHP MANUAL***_ * - exec()* executes the given >> /c