I'm naive about databases, but I think phpFormGenerator might work for a project I'm working on. I'm designing a website in which the owner wants to create a database of professionals that will serve two purposes:
a. a consumer coming to the website could search on any criteria (maybe one or two or three), such as name, location, specialty, etc. and get a page with results, with links to the individual professional's page of information, on which they'd see all the info in the fields
b. he'd also sell the information in the database to Employee Assistance Programs who want to add to their existing rosters of professionals. So the information would have to be exportable in normal forms (simple excep spreadsheet, integrated into an existing database, etc.)
Would phpFormGenerator work for this purpose? Does it have a search capability that can be intergrated into my web design easily? Can the info in the database be easily exported?
And if not, does anyone have a suggestion for another open-source app that might meet these needs? And is appropriate for a computer-and-tech savvy but database-naive designer? Thanx!
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Anytime you talk about storing and retrieving data you are usually defining something custom, and rightfully so. You will rarely ever find any application that fits your requirements exactly.
That being said I can tell you that PHPFormgenerator is a perfect start to any custom application which stores and retrieves data. The customization part is left to the user. You will need to create the retrieval and display end once you have used PHPFormgenerator to capture and store the data you need.
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thanx, tnteverett. since i'm as naive about php as i am about databases ;) i'm loathe to step into those waters. i've found a php script called EZscripting that seems a bit more newbie-friendly so i'm exploring that as well.
i love the modern web, and designing sites, but sometimes i long for the days when knowing HTML and CSS was enough :).
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I'm naive about databases, but I think phpFormGenerator might work for a project I'm working on. I'm designing a website in which the owner wants to create a database of professionals that will serve two purposes:
a. a consumer coming to the website could search on any criteria (maybe one or two or three), such as name, location, specialty, etc. and get a page with results, with links to the individual professional's page of information, on which they'd see all the info in the fields
b. he'd also sell the information in the database to Employee Assistance Programs who want to add to their existing rosters of professionals. So the information would have to be exportable in normal forms (simple excep spreadsheet, integrated into an existing database, etc.)
Would phpFormGenerator work for this purpose? Does it have a search capability that can be intergrated into my web design easily? Can the info in the database be easily exported?
And if not, does anyone have a suggestion for another open-source app that might meet these needs? And is appropriate for a computer-and-tech savvy but database-naive designer? Thanx!
Anytime you talk about storing and retrieving data you are usually defining something custom, and rightfully so. You will rarely ever find any application that fits your requirements exactly.
That being said I can tell you that PHPFormgenerator is a perfect start to any custom application which stores and retrieves data. The customization part is left to the user. You will need to create the retrieval and display end once you have used PHPFormgenerator to capture and store the data you need.
thanx, tnteverett. since i'm as naive about php as i am about databases ;) i'm loathe to step into those waters. i've found a php script called EZscripting that seems a bit more newbie-friendly so i'm exploring that as well.
i love the modern web, and designing sites, but sometimes i long for the days when knowing HTML and CSS was enough :).