Any Internet experts out there?

[Dave5N]

Thinking of converting a static html page into a more dynamic php page with a few more gizmos.

ANyone able to help?

 

[Abitrary]

you won't need php for gizmos. php is for the opposite of gizmos.

Depending on the intensity of the gizmos you won't to produce then investigate the following stuff:

-CSS (cascading style sheets)
-javascript (and special libraries for gizmos)
-flash

 

[Dave5N]

NO NO NO that's not what I want. I want to convert an existing html page, (with an established CSS) into a php page to access the site's database and run those quirky little php scripts for fun effects for fox sake.

 

[Abitrary]

NO NO NO that's not what I want. I want to convert an existing html page, (with an established CSS) into a php page to access the site's database and run those quirky little php scripts for fun effects for fox sake.

oh my oh my. You want to put database stuff on the back end. Fair play... php will be the easiest option for you.

If you are unsure of what you are doing, however, then I'd investigate securing it against sql injection attacks - well at least the basic ones.

 

[Dave5N]

Abs, the rest of the site is largely php - just want to catch it all up. I'd ask you, but you're so rarely sober these days...

 

[MickL]

I use php/mysql what exactly are looking to do ?

 

[Dave5N]

Cheers MickL, pmed you

 

[mickle]

MickL?

 

[MickL]

MickL?

 

[thomas]

Abs, the rest of the site is largely php - just want to catch it all up. I'd ask you, but you're so rarely sober these days...

to convert a .html page or a php page just change the file extension to .php

You can then use whatever php code you want on the page and the server will run it...just stick it in php tags

<?php 
//blah blah blah  
?>

Once you've made the server aware that it may need to run php on the page, what do you need to do now?