Need some explaining.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 4:33 am
Long story short, been a web designer now for several years, crossed over into graphic design and photo retouching, now back into web design and running a very cool site based on modeling and photography and I need help.
Dont know much about PHP in fact dont even know what it stands for but when I go into Google and type in "User sign up script" PHP scripts seem to dominate the search results. I have heard that it is very powerful yet very flexible, requires very little re-editing of scripts like CGI/Perl requires and can be used to do many things. Well count me in.
Basically here are my questions and I hope you guys can answer cuz that is what forums are for right? To test your knowledge and help out someone interested in what you are.
Question 1.
Where do I download PHP or is it just like HTML? and can I edit it in Dreamweaver 4 or MX?
Question 2.
Once I get the script and can edit it, can it be mixed in with HTML or does the whole page have to be rewritten in PHP?
Question 3.
Once the script has been edited and the page created or implemented using PHP, where does it reside on my server. Its a linux server.
Question 4.
Can anyone recommend a very basic user sign up script. All I want them to do is log in and it takes them to a certian part of the site. When they log out, they go back to the basic side of the site. Also I want it time limited. If they remain idle for a certain period, it requires another log in.
Well thats all I can think of right now. I have been reading some of the post and man this stuff sounds pretty f'in cool. See ya soon and Happy New Year!!!!!
TASTE
Dont know much about PHP in fact dont even know what it stands for but when I go into Google and type in "User sign up script" PHP scripts seem to dominate the search results. I have heard that it is very powerful yet very flexible, requires very little re-editing of scripts like CGI/Perl requires and can be used to do many things. Well count me in.
Basically here are my questions and I hope you guys can answer cuz that is what forums are for right? To test your knowledge and help out someone interested in what you are.
Question 1.
Where do I download PHP or is it just like HTML? and can I edit it in Dreamweaver 4 or MX?
Question 2.
Once I get the script and can edit it, can it be mixed in with HTML or does the whole page have to be rewritten in PHP?
Question 3.
Once the script has been edited and the page created or implemented using PHP, where does it reside on my server. Its a linux server.
Question 4.
Can anyone recommend a very basic user sign up script. All I want them to do is log in and it takes them to a certian part of the site. When they log out, they go back to the basic side of the site. Also I want it time limited. If they remain idle for a certain period, it requires another log in.
Well thats all I can think of right now. I have been reading some of the post and man this stuff sounds pretty f'in cool. See ya soon and Happy New Year!!!!!
TASTE