Re: Message Boards

MySQL...or any RDMS...is not required for PHP.  Relational
databases are, however, the easiest and most efficient way to
handle data storage with PHP.

Not to stir your pot, but have you considered switching to a host
that can handle both?  I work with TVCNet.com...I have for 2
years...and they have lots of PHP/MySQL apps on those virtual
servers...:).

We've used phorum (phorum.com), which is PHP/MySQL, and it's a
snap to set up and quite reliable.  Toss in a Web-based database
manager like phpMyAdmin, and you can export your entire database
into an SQL-formatted ASCII file suitable for download whenever
the mood strikes you.  Reinstalling the database is as simple as
reading the file back into MySQL....

D


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sian (Rio)" <webdiva(at)webdiva.screaming.net>
To: "HWG: Basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: Message Boards


I've got three websites that I'd like to put message boards up on.
Two of
the sites were originally using ezboards, but due to server
problems the
data was lost, and so I'm considering going down the route of
running
message boards/forums using the included unlimited webspace and
cgi/perl
scripting, enabling me to do full backup's of messages posted.
(All 3
websites are hosted on  Unix servers with PHP4, but no Mysql as of
yet).

Could you recommend source code's for message boards that are not
too
technical to install and customisable? Or, is it possible to write
my own
board using PHP4, and if so, would I need to have Mysql access?

TIA
Sian (webdiva)

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