tvance929 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I am fairly new to php / mysql and have a friend who wants me to create a datagrid of some sort in her wordpress site. I know that wordpress already connects to it's own mysql database to get all it's info, so my question is....can I create a second connection inside of that already existing wordpress php page so I can pull and save her data to her other mysql? IF this is doAble, could someone suggest a datagrid that I could use? I have seen the PHP datagrid page and it looks like more than enough but my big question was if it was even able to connect. Any other thoughts or comments I should know? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gffg4574fghsDSGDGKJYM Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 While it probably can be done, i would suggest using wordpress existing tools and/or a plugin first. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ Try asking google and wordpress forum, some plugin may not have the name you think or some plugin may exist outside wordpress.org If no built-in function or plugins exist that allow you to do what you want, which i doubt that, someone probably ran into a similar problem to yours and make a plugin for it. The proper way will be to write a plugins for wordpress for your need and use it instead of sneaking some code in that, some code that may break on next wordpress version update. I don't know wordpress world and plugin but you can tell exactly what your need are here, someone may know the right plugin/addon for it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/#findComment-807273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvance929 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 Thank you! I did exactly that and found a WP Plugin that processes PHP tags inside of your posts or pages and its working perfect! THANKS! ***FYI - its called EXEC-PHP and the plugins site is here. http://bluesome.net/post/2005/08/18/50/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/#findComment-807289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gffg4574fghsDSGDGKJYM Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I have suggest to find a plugin to do the datagrid for you instead of writing php code. Finding a plugin for a datagrid will be probably faster than write your own php code and it will be probably more secure and have more options that you can think of. A plugin will also probably be updated in the future to work with future version of wordpress. Easier to download the new wordpress/plugin version than working with your php code that broke with the new update. But if it works the way you want...enjoy Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/#findComment-807300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvance929 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 No that would be a great idea if I could find one. I was surprised to not find any datagrid plugin's made just for wordpress. I am planning on inserting a premade php datagrid into my EXEC-PHP plugin. But ya, it would sure be nice if someone could come up with a wordpress datagrid. I found one (or maybe two) that organize posts and things INSIDE of the admin area but that has nothing to do with what I want. I need real data on the page for viewers, not backend stuff and cannot find one. HAS anyone had any experience with this datagrid http://www.apphp.com/php-datagrid/index.php Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/#findComment-807346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bucky Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 When I need to create custom php code for a WP page, it is farily simple to create a template and insert it into the page. Read more about that here > http://www.wordpressmax.com/customize-wordpress/custom-page I am not pleased with the current set of insert php code plugins that are available. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/153628-can-i-do-mysqlphp-stuff-inside-of-a-wordpress-page/#findComment-816921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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