where can i get good php advice and quickly?

Question

I have an oscommerce store and am trying to add mods to it.
I'm relatively new to PHP so its going slowly.

Is there anywhere that I can get good advice quickly regarding errors etc

I have tried out a few PHP forums but it can take days for 1 answer when I I could do with talking either live to someone or getting a quick reponse

Anyone know of a good site to go to, so I can get the answers I need?

Thanks, Kel.

specific errors mainly - I can follow instuctions on the contributions but 9 times out of 10 theres always an error somewhere.

any ideas where I can talk to someone live about my specific problems?

instead of forums that can take days to answer?

Thanks for the insight NC
fyi I am paying for advice - I have no problem what so ever paying - but even some paying sites take days to resolve the most simple of questions.
Also the server I use is compatible with oscommerce so yes, I do have business using it in the first place.

Thanks for being so helpful

Answer 1

Please join "phpResource" a group on yahoo. ( http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phpresource/ )

I am myself a moderator on this group. And here, you will get response at most in hours but mostly in minutes.

Answer 2

If you need live support, you should be prepared to pay for it. People who answer your question on forums do so out of the goodness of their hearts, so you should forgive them for wanting to do it on their, rather than your, schedule.

More specific to your situation, some errors you get with osCommerce arise because your server does not meet some of the osCommerce's requirements, so you have no business installing osCommerce on it in the first place...

Answer 3

specific errors, or PHP error handling in general?
Always ensure errors are visible or being logged.

Here's a good start if the latter:
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.errorfunc.php

Answer 4

There's w3schools' reference site here:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

And about.com's PHP troubleshooting section:

http://php.about.com/od/troubleshooting/Troubleshooting.htm

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

phpfreaks.com
php.net