Jim, I am still pretty wet behind my ears and I have always had problems with picking up the logic behind programming languages, but PHP is awesome! I had problems with the wacky structure of Visual Basic, and I hard a hard time just reading the code of C++ and Java.
What helped me was a book called "PHP fast and easy Web Development" by Julie Meloni. It is so upfront with examples and she knows what her target audience is. That is the book that got me started! Then I moved onto a little more complicated things from there. She has a website www.thickbook.com She has tutorials on the site Then there is: www.scriptsearch.com www.hotscripts.com www.phpbuilder.com newsgroups: news.php.net this one will list all the newsgroups, there are A LOT of them. I use two of them, PHP.DB and PHP.windows People are nice and really helpful! Let me know if you need more! -----Original Message----- From: Jim Hatridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 5:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: forms? Hi Rick et al.... On Monday 11 February 2002 20:13, Rick Emery wrote: > The PHP/MYSQL combo is also a good choice, as is PERL/MYSQL The PHP/MySQL combo was what I was thinking about. But I'm having hell trying to get the damn thing to work together. The PHP manual that is installed with the software is next to useless. Oh yes, I know the manual's great (so no flames, please <G>), but only if you already know what you're doing, I don't. It would help, if I could find a tutorial for PHP/MySQL that I could d/l for free (Wife has all the money. <G>). One that is simple with good examples for beginners. Also a mailing list for PHP beginners would help. I don't think my (many) questions on PHP would be good to ask here. Thanks JIM > Using Perl/CGI and DBI::MySQL would work for forms. You could take the > input from the browser, and print the results back to the browser. Would > that work? > > j----- k----- > > On Monday 11 February 2002 05:20, Jim Hatridge wrote: > > Hi all... > > > > First of all, I think that MySQL is really great. The only thing I need > > now > > > is a way to do forms. > > > > What I'm looking for is something that will allow me to do data input, > > update, output either at the command line or by browser, but only if I > > can use lynx as the browser. > > > > I wrote a database system for my stamp export company back around 1990 in > > Dbase III+. That system is getting very old now. DBase III + has scripts > > and forms. Something like this is what I'm looking for. > > > > Thanks > > > > JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
