I would recommend spending a couple of hours hacking in this Tutorial:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/MilesToGo/
It deals with something we all know how it's supposed to work (an appointment
calendar) and it is both simple and a little tricky (for a total newbie) at the
same time...
That
First of all there's no reason to be using and ODBC Driver. You can access
mysql directly through PHP.
So you can access mysql through the mysql set of functions in the php
documentation at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
Secondly you can learn how to make the querys in question at
I'm thinking of making the conversion from Cold Fusion. I am NOT a
programmer and so Cold Fusion has been very easy for me to use. However due
to cost and a few other factors, I"m thinking PHP might be a good switch.
Some the deciding factors will be its ease of use and how good these forums
are
** I asked a few of the regulars here and found no objections to this
posting **
I am making available a Guest Book program that I have written.
My KISGB (Keep It Simple Guest Book) is a guest book program that does not
require an rdbms. Fully customizable, clean, and fast. Includes web-based
