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Need help starting this online database
Hi Experts,
I would like to start a small project. What I would like to do is take these flashcards that I'm studying and place them on my website, which is hosted by GoDaddy.
Would the first step be to create a database? If so, what software can you recommend?
Thanks.
I would like to start a small project. What I would like to do is take these flashcards that I'm studying and place them on my website, which is hosted by GoDaddy.
Would the first step be to create a database? If so, what software can you recommend?
Thanks.
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If you Google mysql tutorials you will get millions of hits. For the basics you should start with http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ and then as you get comfortable you will find that the online mysql manual provides most answers.
Like most hosting sevivces I expect that godaddy has phpmyadmin available for mysql management and it will give you an easy user interface to work with.
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Like most hosting sevivces I expect that godaddy has phpmyadmin available for mysql management and it will give you an easy user interface to work with.
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Note that if you don't intend to expand the database beyond a single table of data, you could just use an array in PHP.
Of course, if you want to learn how to work with databases, it's good to start with something simple such as this.
Of course, if you want to learn how to work with databases, it's good to start with something simple such as this.
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The flashcards that you have may be a copyrighted product which means you don't have to right to use them for your own purposes. If the cards have common knowledge on them, you can create your own versions and use them.
Can you explain in layman's terms exactly what you mean. You have 'Flash cards and want to place them on your website' doesn't really say a lot.
What defines a flash card (an image, a heading, a paragraph of text, lots of html etc), do you want to display them all on one page as a list, do you need to display them dynamically (on a user request etc).
At the moment, your request is a little too vague to give you specific answers, so the general answer is to read up on using PHP to Access mySQL (look into using PDO, which is a PHP library specifically for accessing database). Your Hosting provider should give you a way to create and manage a database (usually a program called PHPMyAdmin)
What defines a flash card (an image, a heading, a paragraph of text, lots of html etc), do you want to display them all on one page as a list, do you need to display them dynamically (on a user request etc).
At the moment, your request is a little too vague to give you specific answers, so the general answer is to read up on using PHP to Access mySQL (look into using PDO, which is a PHP library specifically for accessing database). Your Hosting provider should give you a way to create and manage a database (usually a program called PHPMyAdmin)
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OK, sure, I'll close it. I thought I would delete it since I ended up not implementing any of the solutions.
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Thanks for your input.
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