What is the Best php database creator software I can buy?
 

Hi,

Can you please tell me the best programs I can get to build a php database ? :eek: Any software you can recommend that is easy to use that I can get to build a database that stores images?


I need something easy to use since Im a beginner, thanks!!

In my opinion you should use a database to store the location of images, and keep the images in a folder somewhere on the system.

Otherwise you can also base64_encode them if it's PHP.

Dan

phpmyadmin is free and relatively easy to use. You really only need a basic understanding of the variable types before you can dive in and start using it. All the sites on my hosting have phpmyadmin installed as standard for working with mysql databases and it works well and has regular updates. What kind of "simple features" would you want from a database creator?

regards

Darren

phpMyAdmin is pretty buggy, especially for install and configuration. I've had so many problems I eventually wrote my own database manager in C#. Works a lot better.

But uh, if you don't mind paying a little bit, SQL-Front is pretty decent.

Originally Posted by Daniel

Otherwise you can also base64_encode them if it's PHP.

Why would you do that? Base64 is terribly inefficient; better to just use a BLOB column to do it if that's how it must be done.

I'd recommend storing a link to the file on the system instead though.

phpmyadmin imo is one of the easiest to use for people with no knowledge of databases. You can easily create tables, create users, change users passwords, etc with almost zero knowledge of mysql. If you have CPANEL installed on your machine, you get a graphical version of phpmyadmin, its very nice. For new users, this is what I recomend.

I gotta admin, the configuration of phpMyAdmin is a little more than I'd like, but after that it does make managing databases a heck of a lot easier. :) Just gotta get over that hurdle...

phpmyadmin is great -_- in my eyes but its a bit annoying to install
but overall its pretty good :p