Oh well, my bad. I guess I've misunderstood this section in a long time then. I thought "general" was meant to be general questions about how PHP works, what it can do and what it cannot, how it gets along with other technologies, and anything otherwise not involving the level of detail discussed in very purpose-specific coding. If Microsoft ran a forum about the use of Internet Explorer and someone asked in there how to tweak the settings in php.ini, I would think it would be way off-topic.
Anyway (shrug), live and let live.
Luciano ES
Santos, SP - Brasil