Using PHP for Displaying and Entering Data...

jrennard

Hello!

This is my first time really attempting PHP. I've programmed a few other languages as a beginner. However, I am in need of a solution for a server running Linux and I'm hoping to use PHP.

Here is my project...

I need to have a way to display data from a database (mySQL) and also have an interface in which to enter data into the database. An example of the displaying is at the following link...

http://www.coffeeguide.com

If you browse, you'll see products, links, vendors, etc, in some sort of grid. I would like to be able to do this as well. There is a back-end to the site also that allows the admin to insert the vendors and associate them with products, descriptions, etc.

Does anyone know a good way to do this? I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks!

chyan

if you are new with php and mysql you should read this

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10245251

jrennard

Thanks!

That tutorial did help quite a bit. The section on mySQL and PHP pretty much told me what was happening with how I wanted to display the data.

For the most part I'll have a bunch of tables containing product information or one huge table that contains each product and has fields that allow me to select all from table where productType is "coffee bean", just as an example.

Does this seem correct? Obviously that isn't the exact query I'd use, but I think you get the point.

Are there any small-time CMS systems like this available out of the box, nothing big, just something really simple? I'd hate to code it all and come across something that is the same. Thanks guys!