>> My impression of PHP documentation (after using it for three of the last five years) is that it's a endless pile of bullshit whose primary content is in user

>> My impression of PHP documentation (after using it for three of the last five years) is that it's a endless pile of bullshit whose primary content is in user comments on the doc pages. Agreed, but the user comments include a huge collection of common problems and their (mostly) quick n dirty solutions. This is a part of what's making the language so accessible for newcomers. Of course it doesn't necessarily encourage best practices.