Help starting a script from scratch.

blue27

I am just learning PHP but I am a quick study. I am wondering if there is a PHP guru out there who could give me an outline of where to start and what factors I would need to study to create a script similar to the one on this site.

http://www.scriptsjoint.com/cook.htm

I learn far faster by doing and this looks like a good type of script for me to start with. I am also interested in this type of script because I have plans to build a site which will require it.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Michael Bryanton

OhLordy

First off have a think about you data storage. Will you be able to use MySQL (probably the easiest to use)?
Then what tables will you need (menus,categories, users etc.)
And also what data will need to be stored in each one (users: user_id, password, first_name, second_name).

Have a look here for help with databases

Post back with your finalised database structure.
HTH
Rob

blue27

Thanks for the reply Rob. I will be using MySQL for the back end. The site will have a search engine. It will have an admin area to create catagories, accounts, add recipes, etc.
The users will be able to submit recipes via a form.
Recipes will be catagorized by geographical region, by type (appetizer, main course, dessert etc), and by primary ingredient.
Eventually I will add a nutritional database as well but that's for the future.
There will also be a rating feature for the recipes, a recommend site feature and an email recipe to friend feature.
I would like to be able to have a link where people could bring up a printer friendly version of the each recipe.

It's a pretty abitious project to start out with but I have some time on my hands.

sarahk

this could be an interesting startpoint

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phprecipebook

blue27

Thanks sarahk. I've had a previous version of that script and for some reason there was something I didn't like about it. Just one of those things that sticks in the back of your mind.
I'll download the new version and have a look around. It looks like it incorporates all of the features I want.
I have a look at the code and go from there.