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Help with project design

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Heya everyone.
I've decided I would like to work on a dynamic website application, something like PHP-Nuke, only my own.
I would like to have it forum-integrated, to phpBB, of course. And when I mean forum-integrated, I mean that the MySQL table the represents users, for example, would be the same one that is used by the forum. That's for one example.

What I am asking you, dear well-exprienced PHP programmers, is to help me wuth understading what are the steps I need to take while planing, designing and implementing this kind of system.
Except for that I would also like it if you guys could tell me what skills I need to have and what I need to know when creating this system (any programming techniques, or secuity issues, for example)

TIA, Pilau.
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Post by Corvin Gröning »

All you need is good PHP and basic MySQL knowledge. You need to find out how the user management from phpBB works so that you can use the user table (mysql) and session in your application (this is the easiest way).
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This may give you a start - viewtopic.php?t=27589
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Anybody who can give me an idea of where to start?
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i just did
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Pimptastic wrote:i just did
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Oh man that was funny...

The tylenol is making me giddy...

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Pimptastic wrote:i just did
Adding lines of code to each page for phpBB integration is fantastic, but I was talking about something that's rather more "where to start" in matters of "what do I need to do" and not "how to do it"
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Start with looking at the database & session structure of phpBB.... that's the best advide I can give you on a starting point. That's how I start with learning my way around how apps work -- though I'm usually looking at OOP which makes far more sense than procedural once you get to that scale. phpBB is notoriously spaghetti-like.
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pilau wrote:I was talking about something that's rather more "where to start" in matters of "what do I need to do" and not "how to do it"
You've already got a project...
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Grim... wrote:
pilau wrote:I was talking about something that's rather more "where to start" in matters of "what do I need to do" and not "how to do it"
You've already got a project...
I think that's dead... it's too huge to even contemplate and too much confusion over how to get rolling :(
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d11wtq wrote:
Grim... wrote:
pilau wrote:I was talking about something that's rather more "where to start" in matters of "what do I need to do" and not "how to do it"
You've already got a project...
I think that's dead... it's too huge to even contemplate and too much confusion over how to get rolling :(
It's not dead it's suspended, since I have a lot of school work, and I need to set up a huge website right now, which is higher in priority than LIFE. But don't worry, I did not forget it.
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Still can't keep away from that 'quote' button, huh boys?
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Post by LiveFree »

Hey,

Ive been looking for a good PHP project... would you mind if I hopped on board and gave you a hand?
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Post by pilau »

It would be very appreciated, but since the project is suspended.. Could you wait for a few months?
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