I need more coding languages

[Exis]

The website I am working often contains the same information on listing pages. I want to put the information into a database which I could easily change 1 value and yet have the change show on all the relevant pages. I have no idea which language I am going to need to learn in order to do this, and I may have to switch hosts to enable these features, but that is another story all together. Which language(s) am I going to need to learn to streamline data entry like this?

[Scootertaj]

It sounds like you'll need to learn PHP/MySQL, but I may be wrong as I haven't learned either of these yet :thumbsup:

[oracleguy]

PHP and MySQL would be a good combination. ASP would work well too.

[Exis]

What is the difference between the three languages? I know that they are all server-side, but what is the purpose of each? What would be the pros/cons of using PhP coupled with MySQL vs. just using ASP?

Thanks for the quick replies :thumbsup:

[mark87]

MySQL would be needed for connecting to a database. You can use either PHP or ASP with MySQL.

[Len Whistler]

The website I am working often contains the same information on listing pages. I want to put the information into a database which I could easily change 1 value and yet have the change show on all the relevant pages. I have no idea which language I am going to need to learn in order to do this, and I may have to switch hosts to enable these features, but that is another story all together. Which language(s) am I going to need to learn to streamline data entry like this?

This sounds very close to the navigation information. A good solution is to learn PHP and put all that info into a php file. Then on all your pages use PHP "include" to include that file and to position it use an external CSS file and divisions. Another option is to use PHP to get that information from a .txt file.

So I would start learning PHP and CSS.

Leonard Whistler

[ronaldb66]

PHP and ASP are both server side scripting languages; these can be used to automate certain pieces of your site, like dynamically building pages / menus, etc.
PHP is open source software and therefore made available by many hosting providers; ASP is a commercial product which would set you back a couple.
PHP is very popular in the personal/small business realm, whereas ASP is the likelier choice for larger business applications. This has little to do with capabilities -PHP is a very powerful scripting language, too- and much more with the bad rep open source software has in business environments.


MySQL is what is known as a DataBase Management System or DBMS; it takes care of the creation and maintenance of databases and the storage and retrieval of data. Traditionally, PHP and MySQL form a well-matched pair and are therefore often used in conjunction.