Just one more to throw on the fire: Pretty basic tutorial that covers a lot of topics. If you buy the book, there's a little more depth. On my first day working with PHP/MySQL, I had basic pages up and running.
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/228 Incidentally, this same question was asked by a different user last week. You might want to poke around the php-db archives for some other recommendations. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Zur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Indepth Tutorial... need help. Right well that's what I'm asking I need a tutorial and haven't found a good one. -Matt Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > Most of this stuff is actually just SQL and has little to do with PHP. So > look for an SQL tutorial. From the PHP side all you need to know is > mysql_connect(), mysql_select_db(), mysql_query() and mysql_fetch_row().'' > > All queries are sent to the database via mysql_query(). It doesn't matter > to PHP if you are adding, deleting, modifying, searching, sorting, > filtering, or whatever. You just put the SQL code in the mysql_query() > call. > > -Rasmus > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Matt Zur wrote: > > >>Can someone point me in the direction of an online tutorial for php >>mysql that covers the following: >> >>- Teaches me how to use php to access mysql >>- Creating a db that is structured to be efficient >>- How to add, modify, and delete records in a database >>- How to search for records >>- How to filter records >>- How to sort records, by a certain field, alphabetical, descending etc. >>- Indexes - how to create them, how to keep the updated with changes in >>the db a beginners look to in-depth approach. >> >>Yes I've visited PHP.net, and mysql.com. I need a dumbed down version >>that pretty much holds my hand and is very detailed. I've searched the >>net for a while now, and all the tutorials I have found... although >>simple... they don't go in-depth and move on to more advanced features. >> >>Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. >> >>-Matt >> >> >>-- >>Matt Zur >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.zurnet.com >> >>Need a Web Site??? - Visit... www.zurnet.com >> >>1997 - 2002 - 5th Anniversary!!! >> >> >>-- >>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > -- Matt Zur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zurnet.com Need a Web Site??? - Visit... www.zurnet.com 1997 - 2002 - 5th Anniversary!!! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
