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PHP/MySQL UPLOAD DATABASE


jhansen

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I'm trying to find a way to create a website where users create accounts, upload documents, and have the documents listed and searchable. 

 

I have very little experience programming but am willing to learn what I must.  I don't want to write the whole script from scratch but be able to modify it.  I think PHP scripts are the best way to get all of these things accomplished?

 

The main concern I have is that I want people to be able to specify details about the file they are uploading from a drop-down menu.  In other words, someone selects a file for upload, then would select from another field one of the characteristics, then another field with more characteristics, etcetera.  Then these data would be attached to the file and organized into a MySQL database (I assume this is how it works?).  Someone (another person likely) could search any/all of the characteristics as well as the titles of the documents.   

 

I'm a bit in the dark here...  hope someone can help, please :) 

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Yeah not something you can just create in a couple of hours with basic knowledge even if you use open source stuff. Infact you might struggle to find such an application for exactly what you want which means modifying something which i think is more work.

Like thrope says learn php or hire someone...

Thanks

 

well... once I learn PHP... which I guess is going to take me several weeks...  will I be able to do all of the things I mentioned, or am I better off learning another language?

 

Also... I don't plan on writing the script from scratch, so I'll need some script already that I can modify... any ideas where I can look? 

 

p.s.  it seems very strange that an UPLOAD script including file details doesn't already exist... considering how many scripts can be found online!  weird. 

well... once I learn PHP... which I guess is going to take me several weeks...  will I be able to do all of the things I mentioned, or am I better off learning another language?

 

PHP will handle this fine.

 

Also... I don't plan on writing the script from scratch, so I'll need some script already that I can modify... any ideas where I can look?

 

Try google.

 

p.s.  it seems very strange that an UPLOAD script including file details doesn't already exist... considering how many scripts can be found online!  weird.

 

One might very well exist, probably not to your exact specs but... Again however, this isn't a code repository, you'd be best trying google.

For each file that is uploaded there will be two mandatory fields that need to be selected from drop-down menus.  The files would then be stored in a CGI/MySQL database and could later be queried by either (or both) of the descriptive tags used while uploading.  This seems like a simple upload script with the simple modification that there are detail 'tags' attached to the file so that they can be searched later. 

 

Can anyone suggest a place where I could find a script... or somewhere I could learn to write one myself without having to learn the rest of PHP language!?  I only need what is necessary...

 

thanks!

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