Help me develop a performance and concurrency testing and improvement plan for an ecommerce site. [more inside]
posted by Kwine on Dec 7, 2009 - 3 answers

How does PHP handle mysql requests (in regard to time and 'forking') [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Oct 16, 2009 - 4 answers

Webdev filter: What tools can I use to avoid developing a registration/log-in feature from scratch? [more inside]
posted by telegraph on Aug 9, 2009 - 2 answers

I have 3-5 days (starting tomorrow!) in which I'm off from work, and have really nothing planned. As a developer geek in a crappy economy, I'm looking at looming unemployment and/or the start of a freelance career in the very near future. I want to this time making "something" that I can use in my portfolio to show potential employers/clients. What on earth can I build? [more inside]
posted by cgg on Aug 4, 2009 - 8 answers

Any Cloudy Nights folks on MeFi? I am googling around in getting going with backyard astronomy and Cloudy Nights appears to be (or to have been) a decent resource, but it has been nothing but failed MySQL connections and php pathing errors since I started digging. Any info? Is it dead, Bones? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

I am following a tutorial on how to install WAMPserver and Wordpress on my Windows machine to kickstart my learning of CM systems and PHP. A crucial component won't install and I don't know nuthin' about how to fix the problem. [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Jul 21, 2009 - 6 answers

Which forums do the best web programmers hang out at? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

What programming language should I use for a Digg-like web site? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 15, 2009 - 14 answers

Building a comment system, and looking for good introduction to managing groups and users with PHP/MySQL, or a prerolled "user management system". [more inside]
posted by isnotchicago on May 1, 2009 - 6 answers

Looking to automate the backup and download of mySQL tables on a cPanel webhost to an external FTP site. [more inside]
posted by GJSchaller on Apr 10, 2009 - 5 answers

How do I keep sneaky website users from accessing files directly? [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Apr 6, 2009 - 6 answers

Is there a good way to prevent hard coding of insert/update sql statements in PHP? [more inside]
posted by secret.osha on Mar 30, 2009 - 7 answers

I need a front end for an online database of contacts, the easier the better. [more inside]
posted by sleevener on Oct 5, 2008 - 7 answers

How can I migrate PHPBB3 to BBPress? [more inside]
posted by neilkod on Sep 22, 2008 - 0 answers

Looking for a new webhost, with PHP and MySQL [more inside]
posted by hungrysquirrels on Sep 9, 2008 - 24 answers

I usually design sites using either plain html/css or Wordpress for its CMS capabilities. However, one client has just asked if there can be a database on his site, which they can add to and visitors/members of the site can purchase "entities" from. This obviously needs a database with a usable front-end for the client and an ability to connect to a payment gateway to purchase "entities". Can anyone help advise on a PHP/MySQL package to do this? I do not have the skills to build a database from scratch (I plan to learn, but cannot do so in the timescales needed for this potential assignment), and I'm presuming there must be a solution out there...
posted by wibbler on Aug 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Is there a simple PHP/MYSQL commenting system available anywhere on the internets? The Google has failed me. [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on Aug 15, 2008 - 11 answers

How does web scraping work with PHP/mySQL? What best practices are there? [more inside]
posted by Foci for Analysis on Aug 6, 2008 - 15 answers

CodeFilter: I am looking for online classes mainly in the area of web programming (PHP, MySQL, AJAX, etc.). [more inside]
posted by kjl291 on Jul 24, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm a tech for a school district. One of my high schools was hit by lightning. The computer that my faculty uses to clock in every day (a windows 95 machine) died. I need a replacement ASAP. [more inside]
posted by Davaal on Jul 21, 2008 - 6 answers

After working in a mostly LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment the last few years, I need to make a quick switch to WISA (Windows, IIS, MS SQL, ASP). [more inside]
posted by gringoese on May 18, 2008 - 6 answers

Suggest an offline booking system, no wait... Suggest a one-click WAMP solution, no wait... Flash and flat files mebbe? [more inside]
posted by Iteki on May 17, 2008 - 1 answer

Which version of PHP should I start to learn, and how? I know HTML and CSS, and intend to build with Drupal (or similar) and its many extensions. [more inside]
posted by prophetsearcher on May 4, 2008 - 12 answers

MySQL sorting issue. When I have "first name" and "last name" columns, and I'm sorting primarily by "last name." Some entries have only a "first name," and rather than have those end up at either the start or end of the sort, I'd like it to pretend the "first name" IS the "last name" and sort accordingly. Is there a way to do this with the SQL SELECT statement or should I just edit the data? [more inside]
posted by dnash on May 2, 2008 - 8 answers

Moving an Excel spreadsheet schedule into MySQL/PHP [more inside]
posted by gov_moonbeam on Apr 28, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm trying to run a MySQL query that returns rows in order by a value stored in a string (but it will also include the non-matching strings). This is not as easy as I would hope. Code inside! [more inside]
posted by EduTek on Apr 9, 2008 - 15 answers

How can I put a login box on every page of my website? [more inside]
posted by samstarling on Feb 25, 2008 - 5 answers

URLs with ampersands (&) screwing up my website database calls. [more inside]
posted by arrowhead on Jan 23, 2008 - 7 answers

How do I query data from one MySQL table, but I also need to get a single piece of data from a second table too? Should I be doing a JOIN, or a separate query? [more inside]
posted by gramcracker on Jan 7, 2008 - 9 answers

WorpressFilter Blog gone blank, Admin section is fine - help ! [more inside]
posted by Baud on Jan 6, 2008 - 8 answers

MediaWiki install: Apache, MySQL, & PHP already on my machine? [more inside]
posted by jjsonp on Jan 4, 2008 - 5 answers

Hi, I would like some recommendations for (preferably open source or inexpensive) web based software that I can implement for my church. Everyone takes turns bringing refreshments, playing songs, etc... and there are waaaaay too many "Who can do it on Sunday the 16th? on Sunday the 26th?" e-mails going around and it gets very confusing to keep track. [more inside]
posted by apark on Dec 12, 2007 - 10 answers

I've been trying to get a 600 record Excel database into MySQL, and failed at every turn. There must be a way! [more inside]
posted by lemonfridge on Dec 5, 2007 - 15 answers

MySQL monster query is timing out. Anything I can do about it? (Long question, possible a cure for insomnia.) [more inside]
posted by maxwelton on Nov 19, 2007 - 16 answers

Sum of data for all months, including months with no rows, in MySQL? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Nov 15, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm after a PHP+MySQL app along the lines of Dell's Idea Storm site. [more inside]
posted by TheDonF on Oct 26, 2007 - 4 answers

I have an idea for yet another hairbrained social networking website (which paradoxically might hit it big :-) ). I've coded most of it up on a linux server using apache, php, mysql at softlayer.com. The hostname is registered at godaddy (which I can change if desirable). What's the minimum I need to do the following (I'd rather work on the website application logic and learn as little as possible about mail server administration for now): [more inside]
posted by realpseudonym on Oct 23, 2007 - 8 answers

I've got the skills and knowledge, mostly, but I'd like to get a better workflow with PHP/MySQL development. [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Oct 11, 2007 - 15 answers

How do I pass this password in the correct form to MySQL? [more inside]
posted by Tuwa on Sep 29, 2007 - 12 answers

WordPressFilter: Can I do something like this site with WordPress? [more inside]
posted by SansPoint on Sep 16, 2007 - 8 answers

Without access to PHP, MySQL, or any other fancy server-side stuff I still need to have dynamic pages. What are my options? [more inside]
posted by genial on Sep 12, 2007 - 11 answers

PHP/TransactionFilter: Designing a web application where users will have actual monetary accounts. What is the best way to approach this? [more inside]
posted by ReiToei on Sep 10, 2007 - 8 answers

I am going to be creating a website that tracks events, and I'd like the user experience to be easy and configurable. Can you recommend an event management software? [more inside]
posted by al_fresco on Sep 6, 2007 - 1 answer

From two MySQL tables, I need to fetch a list of customers who DOES NOT have an invoice issued to them within the past 2 months. More details about the table structures inside. [more inside]
posted by arrowhead on Sep 3, 2007 - 10 answers

How to do separation of public and private data on the web with PHP/MySQL? I'm creating a website for a business, with 2 sections - public and admin (staff). The admin section is secured with .htaccess and is intended to be used by office staff to enter customer requirements as they come in, and edit product listings. However, I worry about the security and suspect there is probably a better way. [more inside]
posted by BishopsLoveScifi on Aug 28, 2007 - 8 answers

What are the best database-driven Web application development frameworks out there right now? More specifically, please orient me to toolsets you know of that are similar to Ruby on Rails. [more inside]
posted by killdevil on Jul 6, 2007 - 17 answers

MySQL, PHPMyAdmin and XML imports/export problem... [more inside]
posted by SweetJesus on Jun 22, 2007 - 10 answers

Why doesn't this code from O'Reilly's PHP and MySQL work for me? [more inside]
posted by Tuwa on Jun 16, 2007 - 16 answers

How do I put html form field values into a MySQL database and create the field if it doesn't exist, without declaring or manually updating every single variable? [more inside]
posted by IronLizard on May 12, 2007 - 14 answers

Rather than updating the entire table every time a user updates a form (their profile page, for instance), I'd like the quickest way to detect ONLY the edited fields, and update those accordingly. [more inside]
posted by arrowhead on May 10, 2007 - 13 answers