Is this PHP?

malki

hey whats up people! this is my first post. I'm malki pronounced "Mal-Key"

I am interested in building websites I am taking classes at my local community college and whatnot. The thing is there are no classes that offer what I'm looking to do. I have basic HTML knowledge and I can build a basic website with a WYSIWYG editor like "dreamweaver" etc.

I produce hip hop music and I would like to make a website that deals with the culture so I registred a domain. I got a design going but I haven't put it up there yet. I'm trying to do some complicated stuff that I Think involves PHP programming and a MySQL Database.

I would like to have a function on my website for upcoming music producers to create an account with me. Log in and make their own profile and upload their own music to sell on my website. They can set the cost and name and as soon as it uploads it automatically posts on their profile as well as a section on the main page under "new beats." People can then listen through an audio stream and buy it though my website. I will take a cut and pay the producers monthly depending how much they sell. Also when the audio uploads it will automatically be converted to a lower bitrate and streamed with a "Tag" (audio in the background that says "the remix online" every 10 seconds so nobody can steal it)

Now there are already websites that do this but like i said this will only be one section of my website I'm trying to make this kinda big. I realize this is very ambitious and complicated even for an experienced web designer to undertake but i feel it needs to be done. You can check out an example of what im talking about at "www.mybeatshop.com" or "www.rocbattle.com" now i checked out there code and disected it but I realize I will need formal training to program a beast like that. I know there are free scripts out there that do something like this but I can't start to use them if i dont know any basic knowledge about php and i'm pretty sure this is what it is.

anyway can someone point me in the right direction of what I need to learn and what it takes to make a web application like this? it would be very helpful. I posted an ad on craigslist and got flooded with responses of programmers asking for 10x the amount I had and in all honesty I would actually like to learn to program myself so I can end up working on other projects.

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Piranha

You defenetley need a database and a language to create the application/script. Your first decision is to choose what language you want, then the database. The 3 different languages I recommend is PHP, Java or .NET (C#). When you have decided what language to use it is time for the database. If you choose to use .NET you should use MSSQL, microsofts database. If you choose any other language you probably want MySQL or Postgree SQL.

When you start you should start out small, making for example a list of your DVDs. When that is up and running extend it to contain the cast list. Continue to create small stuff like this until you feel comfortable doing this.

Now it is time to design your application. Design the database and GUI, then design the application in between. It will take some time, but it is time well spent. When I started I skipped this part, and often had to do everything 2-3 times before I got it right. After you have a design it is time to start coding.

There is one part you should not handle yourself. The actual handling of money should be done by an external site, for example PayPal.

And last a warning: Make sure your code are safe against SQL injection. It is a way for someone to be able to get information from your database they should not be able to get, or even change or delete things.

Happy learning and happy coding 🙂

dougal85

Is this PHP?

THIS IS SPARTA!

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malki

ok thanks so basically this can be done in a few different languages. What language are they using on "mybeatshop.com"

NogDog

Looks like they are using PHP. (You can append "index.php" to their links and display the same page.) Beyond that, there is no way to tell how it is coded or what sort of database they are using, as that's all done on the server and all you see is the output at the client.

dougal85

Looks like PHP and for the interface they are using the javascript library moo.fx (http://moofx.mad4milk.net/)

looking at the HTML reveals various links or uses of pages that use .php at the end too. so more evidence its PHP.

malki

thanks a lot i appreciate you guys taking the time out to help me because i got a long way to go. when i finish my site and its up ill come post it hopefully sooner than later. but now i gotta learn this **** building a database and accessing it with php...