Dynamic php sites.

Whitestar · 15 Dec 2006 at 18:36

I'm not really sure what the correct term for this is, but its the way the forum works.

I'm reworking a website a made last year, but this time I want it to be based around a single page design, with only the main content changing. For example, in the case of the forums

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/newthread.php

is the page that holds the main page design and the

?do=newthread&f=41

bit is what tells browsers to change the content

Basically this website has got bigger than I thought, and having a separate page for each subject has fast turned into a nightmare.

If anyone has managed to grasp what i'm on about from the info above, can you point me in the right direction.

Mark

furnace · 15 Dec 2006 at 18:41

You can either use an open source CMS (content management system), or your can learn yourself a bit of php programming.

PHP is great - hosting is cheaper than microsoft alternatives, and theres loads of support (eg #php on efnet - those guys are great).

PHP and MySQL is what you need really.

Maybe google for "Creating dynamic content with php and mysql". Feel free to give me a PM if you need any reading material, etc.

Jotun · 15 Dec 2006 at 18:50

Take a look at this thread. The poster was doing a similar thing to what you are trying to achieve, and there is a few variations on the code in the thread, with varying levels of security.

Whitestar · 15 Dec 2006 at 19:13

Cheers guys, I'll have a look at those.

My personal site uses php and mySQL for DC project stats, so I should be ok as far as that goes.