Hi!

I'm setting up a cricket club website.

The long term vision is to eventually end up with some database driven statistical tables like this:

http://www-usa3.cricket.org/link_to_database/STATS/ENG/TEST_AVS_BAT_ENG.html


At the moment I only produce static web pages but wish to expand my skills to include databases.

My priority at the moment is to learn PHP based upon information obtained so far but I need to know how my plans fit in web hosting wise.

First of all am I likely to be able to produce the kind of tables envisaged with PHP?

And how do I go about making sure that when the time comes my web host can cope with this kind of stuff (that is, as per link provided above)?


Craigy B

You can create dynamic tables with PHP and it is not that difficult as it may sound.
However I personally prefer ASP because I know VB very well.
If you want to use PHP then you should be thinking of a host with Linux and if you want to go with ASP then you should think of Windows.

Try looking on www.hotscripts.com -- you may be able to find that someone has already written a script like that, saving you the time of writing it yourself, or paying someone to do it.

On a separate note, I would strongly recommend using a PHP and MySQL combination if at all possible as it's generally a more reliable solution, unless of course you already know say VB.

Hi!

Thanks Satj!

That can be done rather simply with PHP and SQL. There are all kinds of tutorials around the net, i would start off with www.php.net and read their manual. Then check out WebMonkey, Devshed, or just search on google for php tutorials. If you have ever coded in any form of C, or anything related, it should be relatively easy to pick up.