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Newwwwb welcome

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:58 pm
by AnyKeyz
Hi ! (sorry for some typos, english is not my primary language)

This is my first post. I am a C++, VB programmer who needs to learn PHP quite fast.
I won't bother you with stupid questions without going through all the tutorials and posts.
I want to make a website where there will be subscriptions (username/pass) and where the user will have to enter data.

I have two questions to start with :

Can I use DreamWeaver to build my webpage and integrate PHP ?
Does PHP supports Access or the only solution is MySQL ?

Now, time for the tutorials :)

Many thanks :)

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:19 pm
by jayshields
As far as I know DreamWeaver is a HTML page creator (do the newer ones support server-side scripting?). So you could use DreamWeaver to create some HTML and then implement some PHP from there. As a learner, I would recommend text editor only, then you can understand the basics properly, also, you wont find any PHP tutorials that involve DreamWeaver. If you don't know any HTML I would recommend starting there first before getting into PHP.

PHP supports many database packages, I would recommend reading up on database integration in the PHP manual.

Re: Newwwwb welcome

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:19 pm
by Roja
AnyKeyz wrote:Can I use DreamWeaver to build my webpage and integrate PHP ?
Yes. Remember however that dreamweaver is a *html* editor, and that is the *output* of php. Using it to edit php files themselves can be tricky, and dreamweaver has bugs that will often cause problems for PHP files. (Specifically, it often adds characters to files that trip up the interpreter).
AnyKeyz wrote:Does PHP supports Access or the only solution is MySQL ?
Yes. PHP supports a huge number of databases! In the case of Access, you will need a db abstraction layer, such as PEAR's db, or my favorite, Adodb. Adodb is patterned after the MS db system of the same name, so it should be mildly familiar/comfortable for you.

Hope that helps!