Decoding descriptions

Anon

I'm getting deeper in all this and am reading more books and manuals.

I keep running in to things like for example:
int fopen(string filename, string mode);
string fread(int fp, int length);

(actually I can make the above work from using other real life examples but not from reading that)

What is int? fp? and how are you supposed to know when to use quotes and commas, and just generally know how to put it together.

Is there any information on how to understand this?

I mean I understand some things like I know what a string is and such and sometimes I can guess about things but it would be a huge help to get clear on this.

Thanks!

Richard

ace21

You need to read up on the basics of the language you are using. Variables, reserved words, functions, operators etc. The questions you ask come with a basic understanding of programming languages in general.

Ace21

Anon

I've done all that, not that I'm finished, but I know what variables and arrays, and operators, reserved words, functions, strings, regular expressions are, at least the general concept of them at minimum.

I've been studying PERL, Javascript, PHP, MySQL in an overall way. But PHP is becoming the one I want to focus on seriously.

Now maybe someone could define just one little thing I think it would help...

(I know what fpassthru does and have made it work but this is a good example)
in the description...

int fpassthru(int fp);

Can you describe what the "int" is referring to as well as the fp?

(I'm guessing the int refers to a variable)

Anyway Thanks!

pratheshshah

int fpassthru(int fp)

you r trying to ask what is int means for ?

int fp means the file pointer by which you have open the file that is integer, and you have to pass that file pointer(fp or what ever) and it returns all remaining data of that fp(file pointer)...