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Gather info via form and write to database
new client...new challenges
I need to create a form to collect data, simple stuff like name, address, phone number, e-mail, etc. I can do this using Flash and PHP and have it sent to a specific e-mail address, one at a time, for each unique entry.
This is OK, but there is no "complete list" of everyone who has sent the form. So, rather than having the data sent via e-mail, I'd like to have it write to a database that can be accessed by the client.
Can someone point me in the right direction, offer hints, or any other suggestions?
Thanks
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FK's Giant
mySQL is what you are after. Or... if it is a small scale database (doesn't sound like it) you could use XML.
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THanks,
I'll look into these. Its a database that will ahve maybe 400 entries within a year, each entry would have maybe 5 or 6 fields.
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Did you succed in making it work?
It is a good ideea in puting the data in a data base instead ofsending to an e-mail
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Senior Member
Haven't spent a lot of time on that project yet. Other priorities, but this looks complicated, at least to my mind.
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it sounds like something well suited for xml. you can have flash write the submited forms to xml on the fly and append them to an existing xml file. then you can show the client all the information by simply parsing through the xml. XML will require a lot less maintenance than any database although databases are more powerful.
If your users won't be updating their info frequently then xml sound like a better alternative for a smaller scale datastore
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Senior Member
Cool, I'll look into that too. Never done any xml, maybe now's the time to try.
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I wiil try todo it when I have time and put the source here
I think if you learn how towork with databases you will be able to this for small clients and for big clients too
If you learn to work with xml you wont be able to use this in big projects
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Official FK nice guy and MOD
Heya,
long time no talk...
I would suggest a PHP/MySql combination.
With the amount of data you are talking about, it would be a cinche to set up.
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Hey did you found a way to solve the project? i'm working on something similar, can you share the knowledge if you found it? thanks in advance!
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Still haven't spent a lot of time on it.
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