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[jsr26]

i was just wondering if anyone has ever developed a business directory?? like yellow pages maybe?

example:
user selects a price option
then user inputs all the data into forms
the data is then added to the database

this happens over and over again, and so the directory grows...

everything will be user input, once they purchase an account..

how would i go about his?

do i use html forms on my website, or should the whole thing be php?
or MySQL?

i have basic knowledge in coding, but i will be designing everything to cut costs etc..
so im thinking of creating all the database tables with just the row's and colums and the data type eg intgr, text etc... so all i will have to pay someone for is to link it all up and make it work with the searching option from the directory..

can someone explain the process in basic terms of how it works...
eg, html, then its php access's the sql database.... etc...(something like that?)

any help would be appreciated thanks

ps: i dont want to use a third party program that i wont own..

[WingedPanther]

You will need a database (MySQL or other) to store the data, PHP (or another server side language) to retrieve the data and format the HTML, and knowledge of HTML to ensure the data received by the user is valid HTML. You will also probably need CSS and JavaScript.

If you know HTML, then you need to learn PHP and how to handle form data.