Mike S.

nvm. found the *nix forum. :D

is this the right room to ask a bash_profile question?

hi all. trying to create a simple alias in my bash_profile. keep getting an error. i put this line in my profile alias htdoc=“cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/“. i refresh it with source ~/.bash_profile. in response i get -bash: alias: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/“: not found is my syntax wrong?

yes. i forgot about orms. i've been away from php for quite a few months. so this is a good refresher

thanks for the pointers. was kinda flailing around saying wtf wtf. lolol. now i have some reading to do. thx

err, mainly

@Ampt no, maining php and javascript

that's cool. only java i know is in my cup on the desk. :P

I'm using PDO now which helps with many different issues like abstraction and preventing sql injection stuff.

i don't think so. could be wrong. @MichaelT that may be what i'm looking for. the whole "well, we might want a different db" thing has my knickers in a twist.

can someone suggest a resource for technical design brainstorming? i'm building a reporting dashboard in php w/ mysql. don't think i want to use stored procedures for queries b/c the db might be changed. i just want to have parameterized queries available for the dashboard UI designer. not sure how to approach this for a solution.