Forums

[Leech]

Ahem...i decided to make a forum for my web . But is till don't get how to store/save/get info. I am using php. I see that many people are using Mysql.Coudl somebody give me an example on how i can save/get info that i inputed ?THX for your help

 

[deadserious]

You can store and retrieve info from a flat file or a database. MySQL would probably be more logical for a forum, but if you're just beginning with PHP and coding, a forum is probably a bit over the top.

You would probably be better off starting with a much smaller project and working your way up. Besides there's already many great forums that you can download and use on your website for free.

You can find some nice information about mysql here:

http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/index.html

and some nice information about using php to access mysql databases here:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php


You may also want to check out this tutorial http://www.webdesigntalk.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=342 and see if you can get php and mysql running on your home computer which will make it much easier and quicker to learn.

Hopefully we'll get some php/mysql tutorials up one of these days.