Comments on: Beginner level PHP / mySQL project tutorials

Question: Beginner level PHP / mySQL project tutorials

Dreama — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:17:01 -0800

GeekLearningFilter: I need to learn how to do some fun stuff with php and MySQL or PostgreSQL. Of course I shall expand on this within...

Basically, I need to take demographic data (names, addresses, birthdates, etc.) in via a webform, put it into a database (I already know basically how to do this) and then extract some of that info into web pages in alpha order and divided along the lines of an address book.

Can the MeFi Geek Brigade point me toward favorite tutorials/how-to guides and other php+database fu learning sites that can move me toward my goal of making this happen without hiring someone?

By: gramcracker

gramcracker — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:56:43 -0800

I'd just do a search for "php mysql ~tutorial beginner" on Google--you'll find plenty of results. That's how I learned.

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:01:48 -0800

I just finished doing something much like what you're talking about, starting from about the same point.

I used this webmonkey tutorial extensively, with occasional reference to two devshed ones: Website Database Basics With PHP and MySQL and Quick and Dirty Search Engine with PHP and MySQL.

Also, htmlentities() and html_entity_decode() are your friends.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:36:18 -0800

This is easy. Use google to find out how. My consulting rate for this kind of thing is $150/hour.

By: waldo

waldo — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:01:02 -0800

They're not websites, but I recommend O'Reilly's PHP Cookbook or Sams' PHP Developer's Cookbook.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:14:27 -0800

Thanks, gleuschk, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Nerts to you, Kwantsar. I know how to Google, I was looking for recommendations. From you know, experience. (Insert, via your imagination, an image of me making a "nyah!" face here.)