hausnfranz Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Hello all, I am quite new to PHP, so wanted to get an overview of what it would take to make a simple budget html/php page. I want to be able to go to a website page and enter in spending for particular budget categories. This means I need to have some total values stored somewhere, then subtract from them when I enter numbers into the textboxes. I would like this information to be always saved, and have a button to reset the totals every month or so. Do I need to set up a mySQL database for this? Or can I just use php to update a text document that I upload to my site? With the text doc, will the values stay updated when I navigate away from the page? Thanks for any help. haus Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/73411-creating-a-simple-budget-form/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd2007 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 of course, u can also use a static variable. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/73411-creating-a-simple-budget-form/#findComment-370349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocobueno1388 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 You could do this with a text document, but depending on the situation you may want to use a database. Is this site going to be ONLY for you, or are multiple people going to be using this? If it's only for a small amount of people, then it would be fine to use a text document if you choose to. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/73411-creating-a-simple-budget-form/#findComment-370351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausnfranz Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 yes, its just for me and my wm6 htcp4350. I haven't really worked with mySQL, apache or php, so I am waying that VS setting this up in a text doc. Anyone have a helpful tutorial on storing php numbers in a text doc and then differencing and updating the variables based on textfield inputs? Or something similar to set me in the right direction? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/73411-creating-a-simple-budget-form/#findComment-370369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocobueno1388 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Write to a file http://www.tizag.com/phpT/filewrite.php Working with forms http://www.tizag.com/phpT/forms.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/73411-creating-a-simple-budget-form/#findComment-370709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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