RE: [PHP-DB] Using text files instead of a DB

ahhhhh ... apologies i was confused by the 'i want to pay by check' on an otherwise blank page. following the link does indeed give the offers you suggested. shame i'm in the uk ... once again, apologies abound. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Rick Emery [mailto:remery@excel.com] Sent: 13 March 2001 18:57 To: Steve Brett; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Using text files instead of a DB Sir, you did NOT follow the link I mentioned: http://intercession.net/specialoffers. This offers the web-hosting at %59.40 for the year. Instead you followed the link on http://intercession.net. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Brett [mailto:SBrett@e-mis.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:53 AM To: Rick Emery; 'dfassoc@bway.net'; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Using text files instead of a DB so ... Virtual Web Site Hosting* 250 MB - $199.99/year & one time setup fee. if i divide 199 by 12 i get 5 ???? -----Original Message----- From: Rick Emery [mailto:remery@excel.com] Sent: 13 March 2001 14:39 To: 'dfassoc@bway.net'; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Using text files instead of a DB I use an ISP (http://intercession.net/specialoffers) who provides PHP and MySQL support on an Apache server (Cobalt Linux) for $5 per month...yes, $5 per month. No extra charges for either. $250 meg space. Full FTP. -----Original Message----- From: David W. Fenton [mailto:dfassoc@bway.net] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 8:41 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Using text files instead of a DB On 12 Mar 01, at 15:30, Phillip Bow wrote: > It is absolutely possible though for anything big I would spring for > the db access. PHP shares a lot of the functionality that makes Perl a > good tool for this type of job so either language is a good choice. > For PHP you will want to check out the f-functions(fopen, fread, > fwrite), and some of the string manipulation functions(implode, > explode, and ereg/preg). Your best bet may be to grab a book that > covers string manipulation, and file handling(Wrox Professional PHP > programming does I know) to use as reference. So, there's nothing on the web that demonstrates text-file manipulation? OK. I was hoping for an example somewhere that I could dig into and learn from, but if I have to buy a book, well, I'm still trying to figure out if PHP is what I want to use or not. I'm much more comfortable with Cold Fusion, though no more experienced. CF is much more compatible with what I already know and I got the same results with CF in about 1/3 the time it took me in PHP. Unfortunately, CF would require a change of ISP, and I really don't want to change ISPs (that would be a horrible thing, having been with the same ISP since the beginning of 1996). I don't think I want to spend money on a book for a platform that I may discard. Maybe I can negotiate with the ISP (I've done it before in behalf of clients). -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net