Hello everyone

i was wondering if anyone could give me some help / advice on how i would go about creating reports

this is im using MySQL to query my database which is built using phpMyAdmin
and im using PHP to design my interface

but i have no idea how to even start or go about creating reports using php / mysql

so any little help / advice on where to start or how i would go about it would be great help

thanks in advance
snoopgreen

    There are lots of resources online, and worth searching google for tutorials about PHP and MYSQL

    This is a decent website
    http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html

    but there is a lot more out there. Also i have found the "PHP Bible" book to be a good resource

    hope that helps a bit

      snoopgreen:

      I don't really think that creating reports is one of PHP/MYSQL's strong points.
      You don't usually use a frying pan to make toast, you use a toaster. And you don't usually
      pound nails with a wrench, you use a hammer.

      That having been said, I don't see any reason why you couldn't use PHP/MYSQL to create a report, although there are applications which are much better suited for such a task.

      First of all, I am not sure if we are on the same page concerning reports.
      When I think of reports, I think of something that is spit out of a printer nicely formated in column and rows and has occasioinal paragraphs of text interspersed that present explanations or comments about the data in the column and rows.

      Using that type of concept it should be quite easy to use PHP to manipulate the data in your MYSQL database and use HTML/CSS to put the information in a report type format.

      It is not uncommon to see Web pages that are presented in a report type format.

      I'm not sure that this gives you much valuable information, but without knowing a lot more about your concept of reports it is hard to get real sepcific.

      Good Luck

        thanks for your reply

        im trying to fins out more info about what sort of reports r needed from my sponsor
        when i get some more info i will post exactly what kind of report is meant

        thanks for your help and time
        snoopgreen

        ps. i sud b able to post a reply abt reports lata today if u may be able to help me some more

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