php noobie

[roohbir]

Hi,
I am completely new to PHP but I have to do a site which uses a little
bit of this language.
I just have to program an HTML form (small one, just 3 text fields and
a submit button) with PHP and mySQL. The application is supposed to
accept data entered by a user and store it in mySQL. And of course I
should be able to access the stored data.
Is there any sample code out there which is similar and I can study the
code and modify it? Maybe some book etc.
Thanks in advance.
Roohbir

[Dave Kelly]

Re: php noobie

roohbir wrote:

Hi,
I am completely new to PHP but I have to do a site which uses a little
bit of this language.
I just have to program an HTML form (small one, just 3 text fields and
a submit button) with PHP and mySQL. The application is supposed to
accept data entered by a user and store it in mySQL. And of course I
should be able to access the stored data.
Is there any sample code out there which is similar and I can study the
code and modify it? Maybe some book etc.
Thanks in advance.
Roohbir
>

This sounds strangely like a home work assignment.

I would google for the code of a guest book.

[Johnny]

Re: php noobie


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roohbir wrote:

Hi,
I am completely new to PHP but I have to do a site which uses a little
bit of this language.
I just have to program an HTML form (small one, just 3 text fields and
a submit button) with PHP and mySQL. The application is supposed to
accept data entered by a user and store it in mySQL. And of course I
should be able to access the stored data.
Is there any sample code out there which is similar and I can study the
code and modify it? Maybe some book etc.
Thanks in advance.
Roohbir

>
This sounds strangely like a home work assignment.
>
I would google for the code of a guest book.

and in particular google code

http://www.google.com/codesearch

where you can say lang:php with your search keys
fer instance search for
guest book lang:php
should get about 1000 hits...

[Peter Fox]

Re: php noobie

Following on from roohbir's message. . .

>Hi,
>I am completely new to PHP but I have to do a site which uses a little
>bit of this language.
>I just have to program an HTML form (small one, just 3 text fields and
>a submit button) with PHP and mySQL. The application is supposed to
>accept data entered by a user and store it in mySQL. And of course I
>should be able to access the stored data.
>Is there any sample code out there which is similar and I can study the
>code and modify it? Maybe some book etc.
>Thanks in advance.
>Roohbir
>

Good news! : There's plenty of code on the 'net.
Good news! : There's plenty of manuals and How Tos on the 'net
Good news! : mySQL is not really difficult to set up
Bad news! : A bit of code off the shelf may not be secure against XSS
and SQL injection. (Matters which you MUST address.)

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