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NutinElse2do · 29-11-2007, 21:53

Hello All,

Please excuse my ignorance, I have been volintold to create a web site, but I will spare you the details and get to the point.

Site 90% done, last thing I was asked to do is have a form that will in real time update a file that can be viewed by everyone.

Example:

Form has 3 lines of data the person inputs. Name, address, phone number.
After hitting submit, the data is then displayed on the same or different page for all to view...

They would also like to be able to delete it but I would presume that could only be done by an admin

I have been reading and do not know if this is even possible with my slightly below abilities. Any reading/ help you can point me to would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
NutinElse2Do

pgo · 29-11-2007, 22:15

Yes that's quite possible (you didn't post this thread via magic) and very easy to do. It's a job for server-side programming and a database. Time to learn the joys of PHP and MySQL (or something else)!

NutinElse2do · 29-11-2007, 22:45

Thanks for the reply, I have a server with plenty of horsepower, guess its time to read more. May I ask what the term of this would be called?

Nutin

Shiro · 30-11-2007, 00:13

It would be called 'server-side scripting'. It can be done in a number of languages, PHP (which PGO mentioned) seemingly the most popular.

If you want to store the data for later retrieval, you will need to add a database as well.

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NutinElse2do Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2	Is it possible..? Form input into pages directly? Hello All, Please excuse my ignorance, I have been volintold to create a web site, but I will spare you the details and get to the point. Site 90% done, last thing I was asked to do is have a form that will in real time update a file that can be viewed by everyone. Example: Form has 3 lines of data the person inputs. Name, address, phone number. After hitting submit, the data is then displayed on the same or different page for all to view... They would also like to be able to delete it but I would presume that could only be done by an admin I have been reading and do not know if this is even possible with my slightly below abilities. Any reading/ help you can point me to would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, NutinElse2Do

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29-11-2007, 22:15	#2 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,358	Yes that's quite possible (you didn't post this thread via magic) and very easy to do. It's a job for server-side programming and a database. Time to learn the joys of PHP and MySQL (or something else)!

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NutinElse2do Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2	Thanks for the reply, I have a server with plenty of horsepower, guess its time to read more. May I ask what the term of this would be called? Nutin

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Shiro shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 2,524	It would be called 'server-side scripting'. It can be done in a number of languages, PHP (which PGO mentioned) seemingly the most popular. If you want to store the data for later retrieval, you will need to add a database as well.

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