lordbiron — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:31:18 +0000

noone is to old for gameing my dad is 62 and still plays halo with me

pr0gr4mm3r — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:17:04 +0000

Run a phpinfo() on your server to see if it's installed. If it's not, you should be able to run the binary w/o installing it.

Monkeyboy — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:12:06 +0000

Would this need to be set up on the server or would I be able to install it into my webspace and use from there? I've had a quick look at it and it looks like it's out of my league knowledge wise to try and use

pr0gr4mm3r — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:24:19 +0000

What about SQLite? As far as I know, PHP 5+ has it included by default, and it uses local files for the db.

Monkeyboy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:27:08 +0000

Pah! Foiled again! I've never even heard of a delimited text file so I suppose i'll just have to use url forwarding and use my current webspace if I need a database then. To be honest I should be able to get away without needing one though, it depends wether my friends decide they need a forum/members only part

andy206uk — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:17:35 +0000

I use the same host as you and they don't allow remote connections to mysql for security reasons.

If the data is relatively simple you could just store it in a delimited text file rather than using a 'proper' database. Unless it's gonna get loads of views and store loads of data using text files is more than sufficient for most peoples needs.

Monkeyboy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:09:15 +0000

That's good news, thanks for the help Conrad. If I can use my existing Database with a seperate site as you say then that's cracking.

I don't know anywhere near enough to develop a "database driven website with user authentication" myself but will have a look around for a decent script. Maybe something like phpBB or similar.