Re: Re: New PHP

Better still download the PDF version of the manual. It's basically the website in PDF form. Acroread still lets you search it, but u don't need to be online to do it. That's my bible anyway. :) Ross Nicole Amashta wrote: > > One of the best resources for PHP is the php.net site. I use it religiously! > Go to http://www.php.net (which I'm sure you've > already visited), and type > in the search box "mysql" (without the quotes). Then you will be brought to > the page that coveres all the php-mysql functions to use. They are very > simple to use. If you need examples, you should find plenty there in the > "comments" sections that follow the function definitions. > > Nicole Amashta > www.aeontrek.com > > ================== > "Burrito" <ccrosland@aros.net> wrote in message > news:20020112202831.24844.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I'm thinking of making the conversion from Cold Fusion. I am NOT a > > programmer and so Cold Fusion has been very easy for me to use. However > due > > to cost and a few other factors, I"m thinking PHP might be a good switch. > > Some the deciding factors will be its ease of use and how good these > forums > > are. The Cold Fusion forums have proven to be a fantastic resource for > > problems and so I would need these forums to be as good or better for me > to > > justify changing languages...this leads me to my first php question. I > have > > a database set up using MySQL on my windows 2000 server using an ODBC > driver > > for my connection. My datasource name is "test," my database name is > > "testdatabase" and I have a table named "testtable". My username is > > "usernametest" and my password is "passwordtest" How would I run a > > simple > > query to insert a row in my testtable table that has two fields, one > called > > testfield1 the other called testfield2. Then, how would I run another > query > > to select that row and print it on my html page? I have scanned over the > > manual (VERY BRIEFLY) and didn't see anything related to the database > > integration. > > > > My apologies for this totally mundane question, but as I said above, this > > messages serves a two-fold purpose and the first is to see how good these > > forums are :) > > > > any help you can provide is greatly appreciated, > > > > thx in advance for your time, > > > > Burrito > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net