convert asp to php

[Guest swamwise]

ok... i'm building a website for this company with tonnes of products. good thing i learned asp before i came here. but the prblem is... their server is a linux server. i found out that linux server only support .php items, not .asp. so i'm in deep trouble. all i need to do is learn how to convert. below are samples of the code.(not all cause i want to learn)This is the first part of the menu page that will send the hardcoded codes to the next page.

<table border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=1 width=500><tr><td width=250 valign=top><a href="prod.asp?catId=1">B&W Multifunctionals</a><br><font face="Verdana" size=2>The Ricoh family of copier based Aficio products provide you with a wide variety of standalone and networked printing and document solutions.<br><font color=#ff0000>........................................</font></td><td width=250 valign=top><a href="prod.asp?catId=2">Colour Multifunctionals</a><br><font face="Verdana" size=2>Ricoh Aficio multifunction Color Systems will meet your requirements and deliver dependable digital output for any general office, professional, Central Reprographics or print-for-pay environment.<br><font color=#ff0000>........................................</font></td></tr><tr><td width=250 valign=top><a href="prod.asp?catId=3">Fascimiles</a><br><font face="Verdana" size=2>Ricoh offers a full line of feature-rich facsimile machines ranging from affordable multifunction models that provide convenience copying and printing to our high speed, encryption enabled SecureFax products.<br><font color=#ff0000>........................................</font></td><td width=250 valign=top><a href="prod.asp?catId=4">Scanners</a><br><font face="Verdana" size=2>Ricoh offers a full line of document scanners that deliver unsurpassed image quality, speed, and advanced paper handling to meet the needs of any user in a workgroup or departmental environment.<br><font color=#ff0000>........................................</font></td ></tr><tr><td width=250 valign=top><a href="prod.asp?catId=5">Laser Printers</a><br><font face="Verdana" size=2>Ricoh offers a complete line of network capable printers that print in black and white, color, or both.<br><font color=#ff0000>........................................</font></td><td width=250 valign=top>    </td></tr></table>

This one is for retrieving the values from the database sent in from the category page.

<%Dim conn, rsSet conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")conn.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"conn.Open(Server.Mappath("ricohlist.mdb"))Set rs = server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")rs.Open "SELECT * from Listall where catId= '" &_request.querystring("catId") & "'", conn%><% do until rs.eof %>	<tr>		<td><a href="Description.asp?pid=<%= rs("pid")%>"> <%= rs("Model")%> </a></td>		<td><font face=Verdana size=2><%= rs("pSpeed")%></font></td>		<td align=center><font face=Verdana size=2><%= rs("Copy")%></td>		<td align=center><font face=Verdana size=2><%= rs("Print")%></td>		<td align=center><font face=Verdana size=2><%= rs("Scan")%></td>		<td align=center><font face=Verdana size=2><%= rs("Fax")%></td>	</tr><%		rs.moveNext		loop%>

this is only like 10% of the total asp i have to change. so don't worry. i'm not abusing your help. just need some examples to show me how php works...thanks.

[boen_robot]

Look at the second question on this page.

[justsomeguy]

If you still want to convert, here's how to handle form variables:http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.phpInstead of response.querystring, you use the $_GET array, or $_POST instead of response.form. PHP doesn't have support for dealing with MS Access, but here is the reference for SQL server:http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mssql.phpYou would use mssql_connect and mssql_query to connect and query the database. Or you can also use MySQL functions if you are dealing with a MySQL database.

[boen_robot]

PHP doesn't have support for dealing with MS Access

Really? Then what's that thing about ODBC which W3Schools demonstrates in the PHP tutorial? I thought it handles mdb and other kind of DB files.

[justsomeguy]

That's true, it can connect through ODBC, but it doesn't have the explicit support that it gives to SQL Server or MySQL through the function libraries.