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Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:12 am
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:

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:16 am
by onion2k
Is this a joke?

Use MySQL.

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:25 am
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...............

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:49 pm
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!

Re: Help Me out Pls!! Site Design

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:46 pm
by RobertGonzalez
+1 Califdon.