You would think that after using PHP for almost 20 years, that I'd have the DateFormatter format codes memorized... nope... I have the standard ones I need most often (Y-m-d H:i:s and m/d/Y g:i a), but anything else I have to look up the codes every time. #PHP
@waynedixon I use printf functions with just %s (instead of the placeholder better fitting the input data type) all the time because <s>I’m too old to care</s> if the generic solution works in 99 % of all cases, why bother with all the needless complexity.
@meuon The thing I absolutely have to look up at times is 'in_array’. I can never remember the order of the parameters for that.
BBEdit does provide autocomplete, so it's not always a problem, but sometimes I still get a bit confused. (Yes, I still use BBEdit for my PHP coding and have since 2007. I'm not likely to change at this point)
@waynedixon I use "joe" because I've been using Wordstar-like commands forever (since WordStar era?) I've tried auto-complete helper type editors and they break my thought process. Old dog can only learn so many new tricks. ;)
@zimzat I think ‘Y-m-d H:i:s' is probably one that almost every one who deals with a database has memorized. Let's be honest, if we had our way every date would be 'Y-m-d H:i:s' format, right?
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