Hello,
I'm learning HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript using web tutorials and looking at websites to see examples of how it's done then adapting things to my needs. I'm not a for-hire developer, just a hacker (an old one at that - I'm 64) building a high school class website and a family site.
My high school class was over 500 people. It's too much to code pages of addresses and biographical data directly in HTML and try to keep from breaking the code. My server host provides me with a few mySQL database. I think this is the right tool for me with PHP or Javascript to access it. What I want to do is host forms for gathering data and write (or adapt) scripts to do the actual db adds/changes/deletes.
Can someone tell me if I'm heading in the right direction, and if not point me in a better one?
Also, if this sounds reasonable, can you point me to some sample scripts that scrape forms and update mySQL?
I've already built a website (http://www.broughton1960.com) that has pages with forms that I intend to use on it. Take a look at it to get a better idea of what I'm trying to do. None of the forms are functional yet, meaning that users can't enter data and I can't scrape it yet.
(Yeah, that's my ugly mug in the photo.)
TIA
Can Someone Point me to An Example?
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BobH - TAN
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I was a bit bored and built a sample form you could look at for inserting a name into a database
You can modify it or rebuild it based on the logic it presents.
http://65.29.93.164/scottayy/sample_form.phps
good luck!
You can modify it or rebuild it based on the logic it presents.
http://65.29.93.164/scottayy/sample_form.phps
good luck!
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.
This might help you as well. It's a link to the MySQL PHP functions. Scroll down to the table of contents for a list of them. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php Also, you can download the PHP manual in a Windows compiled help file using the link in my signature.
That was very thoughtful of you. I'm sure that should help him out quite a bit.scottayy wrote:I was a bit bored and built a sample form you could look at for inserting a name into a database
You can modify it or rebuild it based on the logic it presents.
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BobH - TAN
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You Guys are FANTASTIC
agtlewis = I downloaded the zip. Thanks!
I really appreciate you help, too, scittayy and feyd!
I found a tute that looked like it was written just for my question at: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/8
I hope this is not violating protocol here. If it is, whack me good!
I posted the link only because I thought it might help someone searching on DevNetwork.
Thanks a BUNCH, guys!
BobH - The Ancient Noob
I really appreciate you help, too, scittayy and feyd!
I found a tute that looked like it was written just for my question at: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/8
I hope this is not violating protocol here. If it is, whack me good!
I posted the link only because I thought it might help someone searching on DevNetwork.
Thanks a BUNCH, guys!
BobH - The Ancient Noob