Posted by James on 10/13/05 22:43

Geoff Berrow wrote:
> I noticed that Message-ID:
> <q7j3f.2121$pP1.179051@twister.southeast.rr.com> from James contained
> the following:
>
>
>>So where's a good PHP tutorial? I mainly want to write a system to
>>interact with a MySQL database and produce some web pages with the
>>contents of same.
>
>
> Trouble is, if you know how to do it you don't go looking at tutorials.
> :-(
>
> I used the Webmonkey tutorial when I first started, but that is out of
> date. I'll have another look round when I get time. Ought to write one
> really because a lot of students on my introduction to PHP course often
> want to progress. Of course, then you are looking at a lot more stuff,
> SQL and the whole relational database thing.
>

I have a lot of history working with databases, Oracle mostly, just not
MySQL. I have played with Cold Fusion and Access a little bit, but
wanted to build up my skills with Open Source alternatives.

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