ohdang888 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 roughly how would one go about creating a "add as friend" and "message this person" options... tips or tutorials??? i already have user system with profiles, but i can't figure out how "add as friend" would work... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsider Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Similar to myspace-esque capabilities? And I too wouldn't mind looking at some of these tutorials, if any exist. Unlikely though. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/#findComment-482140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohdang888 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 exactly! i can't seem to figure out how it works. The message table must be like 200 columns big! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/#findComment-482145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
me1000 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 create a table for friends, columns like: ID, USERID, FRIENDID it isnt very efficient but it will work if your user base isn't too large. for messages, ID, FROM, TO, READ, DATE, MESSAGE READ is set to a 0 as soon as a message is sent then set to 1 when the recipient sees it. these things are complicated, you wont find too many people giving tutorials on it. There is a reason MySpace and Facebook make millions of dollars ever month! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/#findComment-482150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Realistically, if you need to ask these questions you need to learn more php before attempting to build something like this. Once you know php well enough, theres not much you can't do by simply sitting down to think things through a little. If you can't think of the logical pathway through a problem, chances are you need more skills in php. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/#findComment-482160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 a project of this magnitude is asking for Oject Oriented Programing which you probably don't know so I suggest you start with php and move there Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/94122-how-to-create-a-social-network/#findComment-482163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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