Mogens Eliasen wrote: > Hi all - I am Mogens from BC in Canada - and I now realize that I have > to learn this PHP thing, as I am left with a web site that uses it - > with the programmer gone.... and, I need to make some changes and > improvements.... > > I am pretty good with HTML - but PHP has thrown me completely off.... > I have no clue where to begin. I can make a little meaning out of > some of teh code on my pages, but not at all enough to understand what > is actually going on. I bought some books and e-books about it, > hoping to learn this - but I have yet to find anything that makes > sense, WITHOUT assuming that I am a full-time professional tech who > makes a living on maintaining a commercial web server... > > I have a database (MySQL) connected to my web site, and an affiliate > program running that uses it - and it works. > > The tasks I am looking at includes what I believe are very simple > tasks, like: > > - I need to be able to read a value in the database and display it on > a web page that is in .php format with html coding; I refuse to > believe that I need to read a 600-page book in order to that... > > - I need to make a web page for myself that will allow me to search in > the database for all purchases made by a given customer; this one, I > acknowledge, could be more cumbersome, as it deals with more than one > parameter. > > - I need to use the above to do stats and math on the data; tis is > less urgent, but it will be important for me later. > > > I found a web page that appears to cover quite a bit of what I am > looking for. It is called a PHP CLASS - whatever that means. The URL > is http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2943.html - it contains no > explanations in regards to what it is and how it works. > > It this where I should start? Or will that just lead me into more > frustrations? Where do I find an overview of the terminology, so > pages like this are a little better than Greek to me? > > Any ideas and suggestions are certainly welcome. > Limit what you are trying to achieve. Maybe start with problem one, how to display in a web page & then move on to reading the database. I got myself a copy of "PHP5 Unleashed" by John Coggeshall Publisher SAMS ISBN 067232511x which I find quite useful. Page 6 in the above has:- <html> <head><title>My First PHP Script</title></head> <body> <?php echo "Hello, World!"; ?> </body> </html> Now you cannot get much more basic than that but start there and play. -- Regards, Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za You are fighting for survival in your own sweet and gentle way. My email disclaimer is available at www.stockton.co.za/disclaimer.html PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
