Posted by Phil on 10/02/48 11:57

On 2 Sep 2006 11:10:22 -0700, ahsanmani wrote...
>
>I also suggest you to go with phpbb.
>
>Flaming Corncob wrote:
>> I'm creating a forum with php/mysql. My question is: What is the best
>> way to do it? General, eh? First time I've tried doing this so I don't
>> know what really needs to be asked.
>>
>> I use mysql and php. I'm getting comfortable with it and I'm in the
>> process of coding a forum. Where I'm hung up is what's the best way to
>> keep track of topics, subtopics, folders and postings.. etc. If I want
>> to be able to delete one thing, for example, is there a best way to link
>> them together so that if one is deleted the rest of the "tree" below is
>> deleted. I thought of assigning each and every little thing a number and
>> having it refer to another by number but once that number (or numbers)
>> is freed up or moved.. .. ..is there any easy way to tackle this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>

I've liked PHPBB also. The updates are also pretty straight forward once you
work through a few of them. Probably easier working with that and adding modules
as you need them, than building it from scratch.


Phil
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