Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy.
This forum is not for asking programming related questions.

Moderator: General Moderators

Post Reply
sam2mis
Forum Newbie
Posts: 3
Joined: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:02 am

Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Post by sam2mis »

Hi Guys,

I am very new to PHP and at present have to take my decision to do a project. It is a site with forum in it. Can anyone suggest me whether I can go with PHP and SQL or PHP and MS Excel or PHP and MS Access. Which would be better????? Please help me out in this.

Thanks in Advance!!

Samuel. P :banghead:
User avatar
onion2k
Jedi Mod
Posts: 5263
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:03 pm
Location: usrlab.com

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Post by onion2k »

Is this a joke?

Use MySQL.
sam2mis
Forum Newbie
Posts: 3
Joined: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:02 am

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Post by sam2mis »

Not a joke... Just need a clarification that when i use very simple databases whetehr will i be able to integrate with simple DBs else have to go for a SQL...............
User avatar
califdon
Jack of Zircons
Posts: 4484
Joined: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:30 pm
Location: California, USA

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Post by califdon »

Under no circumstances would I ever use any Microsoft product with PHP. A text file might be sufficient for a very small and simple flat file database, but to support a forum, you absolutely need either MySQL or PostgreSQL. The fact that you even ask the question indicates that you have little or no experience with programming online databases, which is certainly no criticism--we were all there at one point--but it is an indication that you are undertaking a project that is very advanced for your level of experience. You may want to reconsider your options, such as using one of the many available forum packages that already exist--and work!
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Post by RobertGonzalez »

+1 Califdon.
Post Reply