PHP script generator

October 22, 2006 12:54 PM

I need a PHP script "generator" to do Change/add/delete/edit on a MySQL database. Is there a auto generator of such a script? (I use 1&1 - with ssh and a shell, and a XP machine at home) Thanks!
posted by bright77blue to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

You're going to have to be a lot more specific about your requirements, but phpMyAdmin might work for you.
posted by cillit bang at 2:27 PM on October 22, 2006

Response by poster: Hi

I use phpmyAdmin myself, but need a simpler way for another person to work with the database.

Hope it helps!

Thx
posted by bright77blue at 2:43 PM on October 22, 2006

Are you going to provide some parameters for what this person needs to do and how much access they should have, or do you just want us to keep guessing until we get it right?
posted by cillit bang at 2:56 PM on October 22, 2006

PHP Object Generator; related weblog entry.
posted by kirkaracha at 3:45 PM on October 22, 2006

Response by poster: Appologies, that it not my style. I need the person to - add records to the database, edit records to the database, delete records. I would like a form and perhaps report function. Access=all. No limits, but at the same time I do not want to give him my 1&1 details. Specifcally I am looking for a program/script taht can connect to the database and generate forms to do the above. I can ask a programmer to do it - or even try to learn phpcake - but I need something quick and dirty.
posted by bright77blue at 3:50 PM on October 22, 2006

I searched for quite a while for what you're talking about (as easy as PHPMyAdmin, but with radically fewer features) and couldn't really find anything.

Does it have to be PHP?

I wrote a module in Perl to do roughly what you want, you can use it by all means but it's undocumented and I'd probably have to set it up for you.

And of course -- I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it so far -- Ruby On Rails sounds like the perfect platform for this kind of thing.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 4:21 PM on October 22, 2006

Best answer: Dadabik is a great way to create quick user interfaces for less tech savvy third-parties to manipulate the database without having to see all the "guts."

It will take you about a half hour or less. I use it all the time for down and dirty interfaces.
posted by fatbobsmith at 4:54 PM on October 22, 2006 [1 favorite]

Anyone know of a free similar thing for classic ASP? I was going to write my own, but if there already is a good free one out there...
posted by Monkey0nCrack at 1:17 PM on October 23, 2006