jasehenry Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hello Guys and Gals, I have been teaching myself php, mysql and html by necessity and pretty damn slow at it :-). I have been using a number of php and MySql books some are OK the main issue is they are either at the Hello world stage or complex. Unfortunately the small company I work for are tight on cash and have a "custom built" database management system written for them in 2008 and it is in dire need of updates and edits. When it was written most the references I need to work with were hard coded as "select" text menus rather than referring back to end user editable data. Examples of this data is department descriptions and locations. I made the mistake of putting my hand up to fix it (I am a safety professional and it is the safety system I am using that needs the work) and have been given ftp access to its back end so I have made a copy and installed the lot on a Server2go usb and using Server2go as a portable development environment. I have slowly worked through and got as far as creating some "back end user" data, which would typically be seen as a admin type of data, now I am trying to replace the hard coded text in the php code by referencing back to the new tables created. I could just do a shonky and overwrite the hard code but would rather use look up data that would survive a bit longer plus with the new tables I have created a column which either shows the department_name as active or inactive with a view to using code such as SELECT FROM (the table) WHERE (the rows data is) active. So it looks like I have the challenge of working with some old code (circa 2008) not being a proficient coder (I am very slow and use Google lots which leads me to finding some of the code I am working with is possibly deprecated). Anyhow hello php community, I am sure I will be posting a number of questions as i am struggling to find the answers online Happy New Year from Australia Cheers Jase Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/293542-now-i-know-how-bambi-felt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hello and welcome! Please do not hesitate to post any questions you may have in the forum. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/293542-now-i-know-how-bambi-felt/#findComment-1501318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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