forms

[Anon]

ok i'm having simaler problems as chris on my forms except i'm having more trouble, heh.
i'm not sure if i should use a database for mine or what...
i want the info a user submits through my form to be writen to a text file. so that i can include(); it into an html page, that refreshes every 30 seconds. but i want it to be writen like this...
(linked)NAME: comments(multiline).
its a shouts box for my site. simaler to the one on deviantart.com except the stuff the user submits will show in an inline frame(iframe).

what i'm not sure about is if i should have a databse, and make people log in, and just call their username
like...
$user: comments

i've just started learning PHP, so if this is newbie material, let me know where i can find tutorials on it, or where someone has a simaler script, so i can rewrite it, and learn how its done

i'd appreciate it

[amcgrath]

Use a database.

[Anon]

enough said... lol
thanks

[Anon]

I agree with Allen... it's better and to use the database for the maintenance later down the road...

I am using MySQL and it works great...

Chris

[Anon]

I wasn't allowed to use databases on the systems we are shipping.
So I did it using files. Its a bit of a pain to implement, but using simple commands and a little brain power... its newbie friendly.

If maintenance is gonna be an issue, maybe you should stick with the earlier suggestions...

good luck
andre @ performance technologies

[Anon]

guess i have a good reason to download mysql now, heh
been wanting to, but haven't had a real good reason...
only problem is... now i gotta learn mysql ontop of php