[UPHPU] PHP Session and Comment Question

[Ryan Oldham]

There are some great frameworks out there that can simplify this process
and speed up development.  If you would want a system that can hold your
hand through the process, Drupal.org my be a good choice.  It even helps
you to create surveys and stuff like that.  If you would like something
that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you, but doesn't hold your hand
I would recommend cakePHP.org.  Both of these are frameworks built using
PHP and a database backend.  They also support PHP5.

-Ryan


.On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 23:16 +0900, Dave Simpson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Dave Simpson, I`m new to this mailing list and myself and my
> cohort Steve Thompson are trying to build a site for kids to better their
> English in Japan. The basic premise is a movie site, and I`m stuck trying to
> find tutorials and database questions with the login, session propagation,
> and the comments I want the kids to leave about the movies.
> 
> Essentially, I want the kids to be able to view the site in its entirety,
> but they need to login to be able to post their opinions of the movies and
> their comments. The comments will be limited to why they gave the movie the
> score they gave, and also a description and why of their favorite scene in
> the movie.
> 
> My trouble with the login and session propagation is that all the tutorials
> I`ve seen online, I`ve looked at codemonkey and phpfreaks, seem to be based
> on php that is before PHP4 and uses global variables that are depreciated,
> the $HTTP_XXX_VARS variables. I was hoping someone could point me to a more
> up to date tutorial, using the new globals ($_GET, $_POST) and or cookies.
> 
> As for the comments about the movies and the score, I`m curious if any of
> you would have advice on where to store and how to dynamically allocate the
> comments. I figure that there are two choices, to keep the comments with
> each user, or keep them with each movie. I want the users to be able to see
> every comment placed by every user, and also to be able to see all the
> comments for each movie. I`m unsure as to which of the two would be better,
> and I`m also unsure how to dynamically allocate coloumns to the database for
> each row, and be able to search down the list.
> 
> If anyone could give me a starting point and or advice on either of these
> topics I would be most appreciative.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Dave Simpson
> 
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