[PHPMyEdit-Discuss] Excellent program

[Ralph D. <ral...@gm...>]

I have just started using phpMyEdit, and I am very impressed with it.
Thank you for this well-crafted piece of work.

Successful database platforms require a subtle combination of many
good ingredients. Finding the right combinations seems to be rather
rare. There are quite a few programs which create web intefaces for
MySQL databases, but, to me, this one seems far ahead of the others in
both ease of use and built-in features.

I am wondering whether there are any future plans for continuing the
success of the concept. After playing around with a few small
modifications to my own copy of phpMyEdit, I believe some kind of
simple template-based customization method would be a good next step.
For example, I would like to be able to create listing formats which
include multiple lines per record. This seems like it should be pretty
straightforward with a template approach instead of the single table
row which is now available for each record. Essentially each record
and field would have template text. The record text could default to
the simple <tr>...</tr> which is now used, and the field text could
default to <td>...</td>. It would then be pretty easy to make any sort
of listing.

If possible, I would like to be of some assistance in the development
process. Would it be more helpful for me to submit some sample
modifications along these lines... or would you prefer to receive just
ideas and suggestions?

Regards,

Ralph Dratman