How do I create an interactive website with PHP and mySQL?

Question

I created my website cosmetics with Frontpage 2003. Now I want to throw in some PHP code to create user sessions, as well as transmit all of the information the visitors insert on the registration page to a mySQL database. Is there a program/script out there to simplify this process? If avoidable, I would like to not write out all the entire script from scratch.

Answer 1

What you're describing will not require much code. There's no reason not to write it from scratch.

But check out Fusebox ( http://www.fusebox.org ), which will make your life a lot easier.

Edit: Despite what The First said, ColdFusion (CFML) and PHP are similar; in fact, CFML predates PHP. I program in both languages; PHP is probably easier to learn and arguably more easily extensible than CFML. Certainly it's no worse.

Answer 2

Why would you use PHP in the first place? Its an old outdated and useless langauge. Use Coldfusion instead. It's more robust, powerful and faster (then PHP).

That being said, do a google search on what features you want on the site and see if there are any sample codes that you can review. Creating a user session, members only (authentication) system, guestbooks, etc are all common tasks in any language. If you switch to coldfusion, lemme know I can help.