Message of the Day - Script

[dfraser]

Hello,

I'm really hoping someone might be able to help me. I'm very new to PHP so I'm not that sure about certain things.

What I need is to do is create something like a message of the day script. Basically have a form with a submit button in which to type a message and that outputs the days date and name.

That then outputs the text onto a selection of a page on a different HTML page with certain width and height boundaries i.e. a box size.

The other thing is wither the data would be held in a database or a txt file. Basically the text of the previous day could be writen over.

I really hope some one might be able to help me out, I'd be very grateful. Hope I have explained this right.

[_SuperString]

To have a flexable 'tip of the day' feature I would suggest using a database. it would be good to have the database pre-filled with lots of tips and either select one randomly or loop through them incrementally.

You will need to create a table with the following fields:
TipID - int (unique, Not Null, Auto Increment)
Tip - Text (Not Null)
ShowDate - Date (Not Null) - only if you wish to assign each tip to a date.

Then Create an administration form to add the data to the database, You will need a text box for ShowDate (if required) and a textarea for Tip.

Finally depending on the method chosen (random, loop, specific date) create the page to display the tips. I would suggest just keep you table size open - that way you do not need to specify the size.

Basically you will be mainly writing SQL queries to Add or Display data from the Database.
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