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@NogDogJan 05.2005 — #If you are reasonably comfortable working with Perl, you should find it relatively easy to pick up PHP, I would think. Basic command/function-call syntax is similar. PHP has a lot of built-in functions for web and database functionality, so it's not particularly difficult once you identify the necessary functions to use. A searchable HTML manual is available online at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ .@NogDogJan 06.2005 — #I think you would do this via the [url=http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.uodbc.php]ODBC functions[/url] , but I'm not positive. Hopefully someone who actually knows will chime in here soon. ?@NogDogJan 07.2005 — #
MySQL is pretty decent by itself. When working with PHP, it's even better because PHP has so many built-in mysql_*() functions. And of course: it's free. ?
Accessing a database using HTML and Perl/PHP???
Hi,
I have a basic MS Access database with a single table in it called ‘table1’, the table having the fields ‘name’ and ‘telephone’. What i want to do is for this information to be displayed on an html page when a user clicks a button on the prior page.
I want this data to be fetched ‘real time’ from the database and so was thinking of using Perl to do this as i have experience in using Perl. However would people suggest using PHP instead by any chance as i realise it seems more popular nowadays, and also how would i go about this as i have no experience with PHP?
I understand how i can manipulate the data once i get this far, its just i’m a bit unsure on how i need to declare things etc in the script and also how i call this from the html site.
ALSO how hard would it be for me to teach myself basic PHP based on the fact that i have a basic understanding of Perl?????
Hope someone can help
Cheers
Dave
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@NogDogJan 05.2005 — #If you are reasonably comfortable working with Perl, you should find it relatively easy to pick up PHP, I would think. Basic command/function-call syntax is similar. PHP has a lot of built-in functions for web and database functionality, so it's not particularly difficult once you identify the necessary functions to use. A searchable HTML manual is available online at 0
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@NogDogJan 07.2005 — #[i]Originally posted by htmlperlman [/i]
[B]Are things like MySQL more useful then. Have never used these but might have a look into them if it will make my job easier [/B][/QUOTE]
MySQL is pretty decent by itself. When working with PHP, it's even better because PHP has so many built-in mysql_*() functions. And of course: it's free. ?