[TriLUG] Learning PhP + MySQL

[Ed Hill]

Hi Sinner,

I just this past week setup a very basic web site for my employer
and it uses some totally simple PHP for menu generation and HTML
"templates".  This is my first foray into PHP and I like it a lot.
The site is at http://wasser.mines.edu/ and I'll be happy to send
you a tarball of the PHP source if you want.

I bought the $10 ora.com PHP Pocket Ref:

   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phppr/

and between that and the free docs on php.net, I was up and running.
Since you're already a coder, you'll probably love the following:

   http://conf.php.net/or2001

which has some amazingly powerful and simple PHP examples.

I've also just started using MySQL with PHP and I'm finding that
some good docs are free PHP applications, themselves.  Use the
source!  ;-)  I'm tinkering with a simple PHP calendar web app
("lucid calendar") at the moment...

hth,
Ed


Sinner from the Prairy wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> What book is out there for PhP+MySQL?
> 
> I have no idea of PhP, although I am a competent programmer in other 
> programming languages /scripting languages. But, again HTML generation from a 
> programming language is new for me nevertheless.
> 
> I am looking for a manual / tutorial that will let me (re)create my website, 
> so with small effort I can be able to update menus, add content and all that. 
> Now, is raw HTML (Quanta+ rocks!) but adding a new section is a major PITA. 
> Specialy in a multilanguage site. You all know my website, don't you?
> 
> I assisted to the TriLug talk about "PhP + MySQL = WebSite" sometime ago, but 
> I did not learnt PhP that day: I needed at least 2 days  *grin*
> 
> 
> So, what's out there? If avaialbe at B&N or it is published on the Internet, 
> the better.
> 
> 
> 
> Salut,
> Sinner
> 



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Edward H. Hill III, PhD
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