[WIP]CO2 Website

hmm what ever works, most the graphics and templates are going to be just simple transparent with rounder borders and maybe just do different color setups.. that way u can do like blue and red, black and blue, black and white n maybe any others people might like..

if you want to make a site universal, start with making an ODBC wrapper for SQL queries.
Second, instead of defining tables and rows in queries, define tables and rows in the config.

hmm odbc in php something ill have to check out, have yet to learn anything about that yet, any more suggestions and ideas are welcome, should be a nice learning project for stuff out side of the things i normally do..

if you want to build something REALLY cool, check out popen on php.net.

php can launch and issue commands to external apps, before you close that pipe, you can check for the pipes pointer status using something like while( !feof( $pipe ) ) and return all output text of the external app using fgets ( $pipe, [len] )

later, after my work cools down a bit, I plan on thinking about an app to utilize the above..
the main purpose is to use this idea as a dual purpose proxy for data. you'll be able to query the running server using pipes OR sockets and query w/e sql db using the app, then return info to php... making your site much quicker, and expanding it's possibilities of adding much more complex things much more easily.

but now you have a new idea as you asked, have fun with it :D
I'll most likely end up doing a full site in cshtml/asp because the way items are stored in Trinity's database isn't safe for PHP to handle.

mind if i ask what ide you use?

normally dreamweaver or ill use notepad++ from time to time, only thing i like dreamweaver for is it help catch mistakes and makes setting up access to the database and stuff a bit faster.. but, if i am going to be using odbc then that would be useless to be using the dreamweaver for working with the database..

any suggestions, eclipse maybe?

I always just use regular notepad simply because I don't like the extra spaces some IDE's put in your code. Gives dumb errors when ur working with sessions. Best I have used so far though is phpDesigner 2008.

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Originally Posted by 12k I always just use regular notepad simply because I don't like the extra spaces some IDE's put in your code. Gives dumb errors when ur working with sessions. Best I have used so far though is phpDesigner 2008.

yah designer was a great ide so far one of my fav's, the one thing i enjoyed tho was dreamwevers access to the database was always nice to have, one of the only things great.. there was also netbeans, my teacher used to use that in my php class but i didnt really care for it that much..

I use dreamweaver for html/javascript and light php.. but if i'm building classes i use aptana 3
zend as an ide is overrated, their markup guidelines are not.

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Okay well not sure what happen to 12k but I still do have plans to work on this project, just waiting to see if anyone else was interested to share ideas before I get started..

well i learned HTML5 and PHP at
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u can also learn about mysql,javascripts,etc

a small tut about basic php ? even though they can be found on w3schools.com

and if you want to make that installer to create tables you could use this : [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] as reference.

added a random template I was working on.