outomyelement Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hello, I'm new to the forums, so i'll say thank you in advance for any help! I'm interested in creating an online application using php. I'm currently taking an intro course to PHP and MySql and a beginner. I've been coding HTML and CSS for 10 years, but 'real programming' is new. Anyhow, I believe i'm going down the right path but wanted to run it by 'experts.' I'm trying to convert a set of excel spreadsheets over to an online tool for engineers that I can charge monthly for access. I want the application to be able to do calculations (behind the scenes) much like what excel can do across sheets (i.e. lookup tables, sin,cos,tan, vlookup, hlookup, round, etc.). I believe that PHP and MySQL is the best way to go based on some feedback I've received from a trusted friend. I've got databases of products and specs that i need to lookup, reference and then multiply, divide, and other basic calcs (the most complex being trigonometry). I also want to be able to store 'sessions' or 'projects' as well as tables of building code data. I would also down the road like to be able to reference and call pdf documents. Do you think php is the right way to go? I'm hoping to go full throttle on this once I feel like i'm heading in the right direction... Thank you very much!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What is the question? Should you use PHP? Well this is a PHP forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outomyelement Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I guess the question is php appropriate for my application, not necessarily whether php is superior to other programming languages...? Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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