Visitor Entry System
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:42 am
Hi Guys
I want to design a Visitor Entry system - just wondering if PHP / MySQL would be best suited to achieve my goal.
Let me explain:
We have a system at our company we sell - it was passed it us from another company who could no longer support it as the guy that made it vanished.
Its currently made with a aspx back end (admin website) which uses IIS. It also collates all visitors into a few different access databases. The system is compiled by our "developer", using Visual Studio. He knows nothing about CSS etc, so the entire system just looks dated and is very temperamental.
Basically, we use some Russian made D Logic Fob/Card RFID readers - these output an 8 digit code, we then use the backend to apply these numbers to a user.
User then swipes the card and it will sign them in and out. You can also fill in the backend, staff members etc and they can log in/out without a fob or card.
I just need to know if PHP is the route I should go down. Ideally I would like the program to be an Executable file, that I can just install - I assume PHP cannot do this.
As developers, and people who know what they are doing, what would you design this in?
I'm an IT Support Technician by trade, but consider myself durable enough to fugure it out, but would like some initial advise on what area to start in.
Thanks for your time.
I want to design a Visitor Entry system - just wondering if PHP / MySQL would be best suited to achieve my goal.
Let me explain:
We have a system at our company we sell - it was passed it us from another company who could no longer support it as the guy that made it vanished.
Its currently made with a aspx back end (admin website) which uses IIS. It also collates all visitors into a few different access databases. The system is compiled by our "developer", using Visual Studio. He knows nothing about CSS etc, so the entire system just looks dated and is very temperamental.
Basically, we use some Russian made D Logic Fob/Card RFID readers - these output an 8 digit code, we then use the backend to apply these numbers to a user.
User then swipes the card and it will sign them in and out. You can also fill in the backend, staff members etc and they can log in/out without a fob or card.
I just need to know if PHP is the route I should go down. Ideally I would like the program to be an Executable file, that I can just install - I assume PHP cannot do this.
As developers, and people who know what they are doing, what would you design this in?
I'm an IT Support Technician by trade, but consider myself durable enough to fugure it out, but would like some initial advise on what area to start in.
Thanks for your time.