Hey all --

I have a bit of PHP/SQL knowledge, but only enough to configure, tweak, and modify code written by others (I've never tried to create an app from scratch.)

I have a client who would like a simple inventory database. There should be an administrative way he can add and delete elements in the database, and a public php way for people to view all current inventory. That's it -- no shopping carts or anything needed.

I'm perplexed that I haven't been able to find an existing open source or freeware PHP script to accomplish this. Surely someone has created something so simple, somehwere. Or is it too simple? 🙂 I've stumbled upon some custom apps (such as a php wine cellar management program), but these are so specialized it would take forever to strip out the unnecessary elements.

Any thoughts or points in the right direction would be extremely useful.

JKA

    This seems to be a good start to learn how to handle databases and a script from scratch. The task in itself as you described it is pretty straight forward, there are probably just two challanges: Login and sessions for the admin to be able to log in and setting up connections to the database. Not that any of these challenges are that hard, especially if you look at a few tutorials.

      I agree with Piranha. This is an excellent opportunity to create something from scratch.

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