Hi! I'm new. First question: about PHP login
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:15 am
Hello everyone!
I'm new to the website, I hope can learn lots and lots in here.
I am actually a 2D animator, an artist and not a programmer. I am very interested in the subject though because I own a website (http://www.creu.com.br). With the help of my ex-boyfriend, I struggled to learn some PHP and MySQL basics to implement in the website, such as virtual cards and simple contact forms. I also know a bit of Actionscript , enough to keep the website's basics.
However, now that the website is growing, I have a lot more projects in mind, people want to see more things, interaction, games... all the stuff which I know will require a lot of programming. But I am committed to learn as much as I can.
One of the first things I'd like to know is how does a login system work. And by that, I also mean, how does the user create its own preferences, access privileged pages, store information, read exclusive news? How does that happen??
For example, let's say only registered users can play games. How does PHP store their high scores? How does it send the scores to MySQL so other users can see other user's high scores? Are they kept in the MYSQL forever?
Thank you very much.
I'm not looking for any scripts, just understanding the concept so I see what I can do first.
I'm new to the website, I hope can learn lots and lots in here.
I am actually a 2D animator, an artist and not a programmer. I am very interested in the subject though because I own a website (http://www.creu.com.br). With the help of my ex-boyfriend, I struggled to learn some PHP and MySQL basics to implement in the website, such as virtual cards and simple contact forms. I also know a bit of Actionscript , enough to keep the website's basics.
However, now that the website is growing, I have a lot more projects in mind, people want to see more things, interaction, games... all the stuff which I know will require a lot of programming. But I am committed to learn as much as I can.
One of the first things I'd like to know is how does a login system work. And by that, I also mean, how does the user create its own preferences, access privileged pages, store information, read exclusive news? How does that happen??
For example, let's say only registered users can play games. How does PHP store their high scores? How does it send the scores to MySQL so other users can see other user's high scores? Are they kept in the MYSQL forever?
Thank you very much.
I'm not looking for any scripts, just understanding the concept so I see what I can do first.