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@NogDogDec 12.2015 — #PHP is one of many possible server-side languages you could use, and MySQL is one of several database engines you could use. Each of the many possibilities has its advocates and detractors, and pretty much any of them can get the same jobs done more or less equally well. One thing the PHP/MySQL combo has going for it is ubiquity: almost any non-Windows-based web hosting plan you can get includes both of them as part of the base package.
As far as knowing what technology different web sites use on the server side, while seeing a URL with a file name ending in ".php" or ".asp" might be a good indicator of what they're using, file name suffixes are configurable in the web server configuration, plus URL rewriting at the web server level can call a PHP (or whatever) file behind the scenes without any evidence of it to the user.
Anyway...which technology is best for you? The one you prefer to use. Really. They all get the job done, and 99%* of the time, it's what can get the job done fastest -- which is usually the one you know best.
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Creating a database search using PHP + mySQL
Hi everyone,
I’m a new member here but I plan on sticking around if I find that this is an active community. I’m a front-end dev currently working on my own project and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.
I’m looking to build a site that has a search box in the middle of the home page. The search box should search a database for companies, then return all the results (with images, sorting options, ratings, etc) on a NEW page in nicely formatted HTML with pagination.
My question is: what technologies would be best to create this? Everywhere I look people are using PHP and storing the data in a mySQL database.
Websites like apartments.com doesn’t seem to list your results on a PHP page, nor does Dice.com.
Thoughts?
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@NogDogDec 12.2015 — #PHP is one of many possible server-side languages you could use, and MySQL is one of several database engines you could use. Each of the many possibilities has its advocates and detractors, and pretty much any of them can get the same jobs done more or less equally well. One thing the PHP/MySQL combo has going for it is ubiquity: almost any non-Windows-based web hosting plan you can get includes both of them as part of the base package.As far as knowing what technology different web sites use on the server side, while seeing a URL with a file name ending in ".php" or ".asp" might be a good indicator of what they're using, file name suffixes are configurable in the web server configuration, plus URL rewriting at the web server level can call a PHP (or whatever) file behind the scenes without any evidence of it to the user.
Anyway...which technology is best for you? The one you prefer to use. Really. They all get the job done, and 99%* of the time, it's what can get the job done fastest -- which is usually the one you know best.
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