I think most of us can make changes to our forum's PHP files via copy and paste, like updating the header logo and such, but will never actually truly understand the code we pasted in or how to debug it if there's a problem. Thus, it's what this forum is designed to address help to.
Whereas, then there are those who authored the PHP code, the code writers who wrote the forum code and know how to create extensions for forum code, on top of the professional knowledge to debug such code.
See the difference? Most of us would feel comfortable making changes to our forums code via copy and paste of what someone else has given us a guide to follow, but would be lost with something like this fix, that appears to be tailored, in white paper format, to PHP code authors who would understand how to write and debug PHP code to make it work.
It is my interpretation of the linked fix that this is the latter, a fix for those who have the ability to author and debug hundreds or thousands of lines of PHP code and therefore probably not something that most site administrators would even have the knowledge to understand, let alone feel comfortable making changes with.
Whereas, then there are those who authored the PHP code, the code writers who wrote the forum code and know how to create extensions for forum code, on top of the professional knowledge to debug such code.
See the difference? Most of us would feel comfortable making changes to our forums code via copy and paste of what someone else has given us a guide to follow, but would be lost with something like this fix, that appears to be tailored, in white paper format, to PHP code authors who would understand how to write and debug PHP code to make it work.
It is my interpretation of the linked fix that this is the latter, a fix for those who have the ability to author and debug hundreds or thousands of lines of PHP code and therefore probably not something that most site administrators would even have the knowledge to understand, let alone feel comfortable making changes with.
Statistics: Posted by SQLnovice — Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:55 pm