Nathann33 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 ive got an idea for a website that will ultimately fail, but i think it will be a good learning experience. essentially its a forum with a few extra goodies. its going to rely heavily on keeping track of how many posts users have made, and i'd like for interesting posts from the content pages to be excerpted on the homepage as i see fit.is PHP the language to do this in? is PHP my next step (i've got a good grip on HTML and CSS)?thanks in advance,nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott100 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 PHP yes, but you would also need a database to hold the information = mysql.So you would need to know both, there are tuts on the w3schools.I don't think that's quite the attitude to start with, but at least you will gain experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 ive got an idea for a website that will ultimately failAhh, a realist. I like that.PHP will do what you need it to, and you will also want to use a MySQL database. Buy this book and read it, you will find out pretty quickly if PHP is for you or not:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progphp2/If it is, then you will want to use this book to help you design your application:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webdbapps2/And if you find your app running a little slowly and want to speed it up, look here:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sqltuning/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott100 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Do you get commission from oreilly? You must make them an extra few bucks---PMA - Possitive Mental Attitude - if you start out thinking your going to fail, then you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathann33 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 hey guys, thanks for the advice. man that was quick. justsomeguy-- i'll take a look at those books. scott-- i'll give the PMA a shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Do you get commission from oreilly?I wish. Or just free books even.You must make them an extra few bucksI really think that they are the most consistently high-quality technical publisher out there. Just like I used to be able to walk into a game store and pick up any game by Interplay and have fun with it, I feel confident enough that I can pick up any O'Reilly book on a topic that I want to learn and feel like I got my money's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott100 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I feel confident enough that I can pick up any O'Reilly book on a topic that I want to learn and feel like I got my money's worth.I'm like that too, well not with oreily books i've never read one (will keep an eye out though) but with another publisher, if i need to learn a new subject i will search their site, if they have a book i will get it from them on previous reputation alone, i know the drill and i like it that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Goat Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I like Wrox. they're books make stuff easy to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleksanteri Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 IT Press.It provides a lot of examples, at least did for me! Good books, must admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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