Module development and code questions

I've just released a patch to incorporate a feature that is in the imagefield.module where a default pathname can be set for a particular filefield CCK. I'm relying pretty heavily on the filefield.module on a project at work where we list multiple files for a product that are available for download and keeping a clean file structure for the files uploaded through the filefield is imperative.

Here is a screenshot of what I'm talking about.

I want to use HTTPS with IMAP AUTH

http://drupal.org/project/imap_auth

Anyone tried it yet ?

Marcel
http://blogpostsforsale.com

Hi all,
I wonder if there is any simple way to debug php code or specially drupal modules, I spent a whole day reading articles and trying to install and configure Eclipse pdt and ZendDebugger, but it seems not working.
I use ubuntu feisty, php 5.2.1, mysql 5, eclipse 3.2, ZendDebugger 0.1.7.
Could anybody plz help me to pass this problem, I know that thousands have passed with the same problem, and I'm sure that there's a solution out there.
Thanks in advance.

please don't refer me to any previous post, because I read them all before.

How would I go about this.

I have a database query that automaticaly generates an id using the auto increment feature of mysql.
When I insert something into this table I want to get the value for the id it just generated.

Hope this makes sense to anybody

is that possible to assign/have different logo for diiferent roles?

scenario:
each people is assign with a role, which is based on the state that person is from
people from state A would have the state A logo...state B would have its own as well as other states

Is that possible?

Thanks in advance.

I'm pretty new to drupal and PHP development and the PHP book I got doesn't really talk about debuggers too much. I saw this thread about debuggers but I'm curious about just how important debuggers are to drupal module development. Is it a must-have in the developer's toolbox? Does it make developing a module faster?

I assume that the best way to do it is have a local dev environment and have a debugger installed on it.