hagerstown21742 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi, I'm new to PHP. I want to build a basic forum for my site using PHP and MySQL. I've searched the 'net, but every tutorial I found the writer seems to get 'too technical' after a few steps. I try my best to keep up, but it gets very frustrating for a beginner. I'm looking for a tutorial that will instruct me with just the basics, remember, I'm just a beginner. I want a basic tutorial that will instruct me on how to build the database/tables, how to link the tables, pages, etc. I was referred to this site, but was not able to find a tutorial for a basic forum. As an FYI, I do not want to download and insert a third-party forum app. I want to be able to write the code from scratch, install it, tear it apart, break it, and then rebuild it. This would be the best way for me to understand the workings of a forum, build from it, and move forward with my new found knowledge. Thanks in advance for your assistance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechMistress Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Actually, one of the best ways to learn the working of a forum, or any other type of php app, is to actually download an existing script and tear THAT apart and work with it, rebuilt it, etc. That's how I'm learning. Although, I'm learning on scripts that my former programmer built for me, I've also downloaded scripts to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagerstown21742 Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 TechMistress, do you know where I can download a simple basic forum to work with? I never thought of taking that approach. By the way, that's probably the best username around! Why do I feel guilty replying to you? It's all in good fun Thanks for your quick response, I greatly appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I would be extremely careful with learning from existing scripts. PHP is "cursed" by having a lot of bad code out there, which other people read and learn from so they can write bad code themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagerstown21742 Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Daniel0, thanks for your reply. Since you're the Administrator, do you recommend a well written forum I can use? Can you point me to a site with a forum tutorial that's well written, in your opinion? Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redarrow Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 This will teach you to create a forum. http://www.phpeasystep.com/workshopview.php?id=12 Warning. like dan said there a load off bad programming examples so be very careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oni-kun Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Daniel0, thanks for your reply. Since you're the Administrator, do you recommend a well written forum I can use? Can you point me to a site with a forum tutorial that's well written, in your opinion? Thanks for the advice! Yeah. What i'd recommend is go for a tutorial that tells you the proper concepts, and security practises. It'd be much more recommended than just looking at a good 'example', you may think it's a good way (it is for a lot of reasons) but , it lacks explaination of how it is composed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deoctor Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 visit the w3schools that were i have learnt a lot also visit http://myphpform.com/ to learn about the very basics of forms.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 This will teach you to create a forum. http://www.phpeasystep.com/workshopview.php?id=12 Warning. like dan said there a load off bad programming examples so be very careful. Unfortunately, the tutorial you linked to is an example of these bad programming examples. The code is insecure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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