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Greetings, I've not noticed any mention of this elsewhere so I am wondering if it's only me, but all tutorials at phpfreaks seem to be unavailable to. I get an error page for each and every one. I'm on windows 7 using firefox. Mark

Greetings All, Just a little intro. My name is Mark and I live in northwest Georgia U.S.A. I am not a programmer by trade, but I have been studying it on my own for a little while. I've built a few websites and written a few things in php as well as a couple of other languages, not much mind you, and definately not overly complex, though I do find it to be enjoyable even if very difficult and frustrating at times. I enjoy the challenges and puzzle like nature of putting code together to create useful things. I'm studying with an online college trying to get an associates degree in a computer science related field so that I can put the construction industry behind me and move on to something else. It seems like the construction industry here in the U.S. has already moved on without me anyway, if you know what I mean. It's likely that I may have to ask a question from time to time, but have no fear, none of it will be school homework since I do not have any courses that cover php. My classes in web programming only cover sql, javascipt and stuff involving Microsoft's C# and asp.net framework. The php is a personal interest of mine. By trade I have been a carpenter for a long time now with various stints in the electrical and maintenance fields along the way. My interests are art, arts and crafts, cnc and creating home built machinery, reading and developing new skills in networking, computers, and electronics. I guess that about covers it. Mark

Greetings Fellow Phpers, I'm new to this board although I registered a little while back and I'm a new comer to php as well. I've been studying programming (java) for a little while so I do have something of a grasp on programming concepts, but circumstances have encouraged me to take the opportunity to learn php. Presently, I'm pulling through a rather large web accessible accounting application written in php as a foundation for learning web application design in php. I've noticed a rather sizable amount of variables being passed around in the $_SESSION( ) global array and I was wondering if this was common practice. I mean, there may be as many as 30 different keys being accessed here.... as in : if is_set $_SESSION("kitchen_sink"), do whatever. ??? I'm just wondering if the example I'm using to base my education on is teaching me bad habits and that there is another best practice indicated here, or if this is typical and acceptable within mid to large php applications. Thanks, Mark