Any of you guys care to enlighten this fellow any further than me?
Please reply to the list, not me :)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jericho Barimen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Josh G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Just a thanks
[snip]
> Hello everybody,
>
> I would like to ask you for some help with PHP. I am a
> newbie both to the list and to PHP. I try to learn
> from the books and manuals, but there are some things
> I do mnot understand and I can't read it anywhere
> inthe books.
>
> Please take a moment and reply to my mail. I know that
> such problems as I have may seem lame to most of you,
> descent programmers, but I am really desperate to
> learn. Unfortunately I am not a programmer
> byprofesion.
>
> Let me list the problems I have.
>
> 1. I registered my domain and I input the right DNs
> numbers. After I uploaded html file index.html onto
> the server, using ftp program, everything was fine.
> However, I also uploaded file called test.html. After
> I typed in my domain url address with /test.html the
> file was not working. What do I do wrong?
Sounds like an installation problem, I can't really help
there. I follow the instructions, and if they fail I'm usually
stuffed ;-)
>
> 2. Now on with PHP... I tried to write php scripts
> inside html files... Simple scripts with <?php .... ?>
> Can I do that? Will it work? I think php program is
> installed on the server I am using, but the php seems
> not to work. What do I do wrong?
Should work, don't know the problem. Try having a
script called test.php that consists only of
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
then point your browser at http://yourdomain.com/test.php
and see what happens.
> 3. Now suppose I write a seperate php script as a
> seperate file, like test.php. How do I refer to it
> from html file in order to make the php script work?
> And can I start my web page directly with php? If
> sohow?
Not sure I understand the question. You just need links
to the pages as if they were ordinary html. Or you can
access one script from another by using include();
I think you need to read through the first few sections of
the php manual, at http://www.php.net/ as it covers a lot
of these issues.
> 4. What program or editor do you people use in order
> to simply "write" or "code" html and php? Till now I
> was using Netscape Composer for simple html editing.
> But I am sure there are some programming tools... I've
> heard there is something like JBuilder, but some
> friends of mine tell me it is too powerful tool. Do
> you agree? What programming tools would you recommend
> for me to code php? What programs do you use?
Oh no! This here is a religious issue, get's asked every few
days, and there's no answer. Use whatever you like. Some
peope love vi and emacs (unix), some love homesite, textpad,
or (myself included) ultraedit on windows.
> 5. I would like to have a link on my web page that
> when I move my mouse cursor on it, it changes and
> becomes, for example, underlines or bold or changes
> color. How can I do that? How do I do that in php?
This is more a html problem thant a php problem, but you
need to use stylesheets... here's an example, paste it into
a html page and play around with it...
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
a {color:blue; text-decoration:none; }
a:hover {color:#ff8080; text-decoration:underline; }
--></style>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="foo.html">this will change colour in explorer</a>.
</body>
</html>
> 6. How can I refer to data base records? If I want to
> store date or get data and print it out... Is it only
> using cgi and FORM tags? Are there any other ways todo
> that?
This one's a biggie... Methinks you should master some of
the simplre things first, then ask this one by itself ;-)
Another tip... The more specific the question, the better,
longer answers you'll recieve.
> I would very much appreciate, if people like you, good
> programmers could help me and just reply to my points.
> Please elaborate, the more you write, teh better I can
> understand. It would mean a lot to me if someone could
> comment or 'enlighten' me. There are things I can't
> find in books and tutorials.
>
> Thank you and I await your replies.
>
> Jericho
>
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