magicrider

Lynda.com have some very good tutorials on PHP OOP, which covers all of CRUD. http://www.lynda.com/PHP-tutorials/Object-Oriented-Programming-PHP/107953-2.html Not free, but sounds like exactly what you need.

Thanks Psycho, that's all great advice. Having developed PHP applications for quite a while, I've always been involved in the setup process and hosting, but what you're saying all makes sense. I think you hit the nail on the head with questioning effort vs benefit, and ultimately it may well be simpler to host myself. One immediate advantage of course is then access from any internet enabled device instead of just the local LAN. Thanks again.

Hi guys. Having been around here a little while, this is my first post, so please be gentle! I have a question regarding creating an installer file. For years I've developed web based PHP apps for customers, ranging from simple stock systems to customer databases and booking systems. I've always used XAMPP to install the necessary modules, and then manually created the databases and copied the files into the htdocs folder. I'm now looking at possibly branching out and offering products as standalone purchases, and obviously don't want to have to attend the customer's property each time to set up and install everything. Ideally, I would like to create a standalone Windows based installer that would install PHP, MySQL, create the databases and put the web app into the htdocs folder. In essence, allow a customer to download the application's "installer", which the run through in a standard wizard based format, and then at the end everything is ready to go. Does anyone know if this is possible? Many thanks, MR