Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

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  • Jacob Lyles
    #1

    Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

    Hello All,

    I'm trying to make a comment section on my website. However, I don't
    want to set up a MYSQL database to do so because I want to make it
    really simple, just a form that asks for their name and comment. Is
    there any way I can store this information in a flat file and then use
    PHP to display the comments and names? I was thinking that XML might be
    good for this, but I don't know any XML.

    Thanks,
    Jacob

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    • brun0
      #2
      Re: Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

      mysql is the best solution, I thinks in this way.
      my choice certainly would be mysql

      []'s

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        • squash@peoriadesignweb.com
          #3
          Re: Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

          sure you can use a flatfile. just pick a good delimeter to seperate the
          names and comments. Then read in the file using file () and split each
          line into an array using preg_split ( '/delimeter'/ ...
          then write out the comments. forget mysql for such a simple thing.

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            • Andy Jeffries
              #4
              Re: Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

              On Wed, 10 May 2006 14:48:43 -0700, squash wrote:[color=blue]
              > sure you can use a flatfile. just pick a good delimeter to seperate the
              > names and comments. Then read in the file using file () and split each
              > line into an array using preg_split ( '/delimeter'/ ... then write out the
              > comments. forget mysql for such a simple thing.[/color]

              or use explode("delimi ted", $string) which will be quicker than preg_split.

              Cheers,


              Andy

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                • Andy Jeffries
                  #5
                  Re: Going With a Flat-File DB for a Simple Comment Form

                  On Thu, 11 May 2006 11:02:38 +0000, Andy Jeffries wrote:[color=blue]
                  > On Wed, 10 May 2006 14:48:43 -0700, squash wrote:[color=green]
                  >> sure you can use a flatfile. just pick a good delimeter to seperate the
                  >> names and comments. Then read in the file using file () and split each
                  >> line into an array using preg_split ( '/delimeter'/ ... then write out
                  >> the comments. forget mysql for such a simple thing.[/color]
                  >
                  > or use explode("delimi ted", $string) which will be quicker than
                  > preg_split.[/color]

                  And wouldn't have the downsides of having to ensure you avoid regular
                  expression special characters (for example, not that you would, but you'd
                  have an issue if you picked . as your separator).

                  Cheers,


                  Andy

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                  http://www.gphpedit.org | PHP editor for Gnome 2
                  http://www.andyjeffries.co.uk | Personal site and photos

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