Is PHP the best language for this task?

[Anon]

Hi All

My question is this:

Someone asked me about making a database which must support the features I have listed at the end of this post. They also wanted something that was user friendly and easy to access.

Given the database requirements what would be the best choice for a front end? I thought using PHP might be good, as the user can access the database from the web. But then I thought "PHP is just a scripting language so it probably would not be good for this kind of DB". Is this assumption correct? Is PHP powerful enough to meet the following database requirements?

Many thanks, Ben

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requirements for database:

1/ Input function : add, revise, delete, search by keyword, turn page

2/ Search function : Besides search by key words, search can also be done on multi-conditions, and the number of records conforming to the conditions will be given. The results will be displayed in the way as requested. The data will be classified according to input of multiple subjects and the classified results will be saved in the database.

3/ Output function : What is searched can be saved either on the hard or floppy disk as desired in the form of text, database or HTML.

4/ Print function : print data of selected member(s), print what is searched in the form of list/table.

5/ Import/Export function

6/ Backup function

7/ User friendly

[Anon]

Hi All

Just wanted to add to my last post. I wanted to ask people about the best DB solution for my project. I was thinking of using MySQL. What do you think based on the previous DB requirements?

I should add that this will be a very small DB. It will contain 100-200 records.

Regards, Ben

[meni0n]

Hey,
PHP easily meets the requirements above. If you're developing it in windows, might want to take a look at ODBC so that the app won't be tied to one database in particular.