I use PHP but don't understand it

[Drachsi]

Like many people, I have some php stuff working on my website. All of it is from coding sites or provided by my hosting company along with MySQL. To mod anything I use PSPad, but what do the original coders use, and how do they get it all to work together?

Is there such a thing as a WYSIWYG php editor?

Drachsi

[chiryphp]

Free and open source PHP WYSIWYG Editors Scripts. WYSIWYG is an online HTML editor. It allows visitors in your site to format text, add links, tables and so on.
You can find the scripts category of the site PHPSPAM
There list some WYSIWYG Editors Scripts.

[Kay]

@Drachsi

Sorry your thread was hi-jacked by a spammer in China. I hope someone can answer your question soon.
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[Ribbontree]

Hi Drachsi,

I code PHP in a program called Notepad++ (there are others that are more specifically for programming, but I like the way Notepad++ works). PHP can't really be done WYSIWYG. That's because PHP is a programming language, rather than a markup language, so it doesn't 'look' a particular way.
For example, the following code can appear different ways, depending on the circumstances.

<?php
$day_of_month = date('d'); //gets day of month
if($day_of_month == '1')
{
echo 'happy new month';
}
else
{
echo 'this month is getting old already';
}
?>

In the example above, if it's the first day of the month, it should say "happy new month", otherwise the page will say something different, "this month is getting old already". A WYSIWYG editor would not be able to cope with displaying all the different eventualities.

If you want to use a WYSIWYG editor to design your pages, use it to build the HTML.
You should then use PHP to decide what goes in the various bits of the HTML. i.e. to output the page contents from the database
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[Drachsi]

Thanks for the confirmation. I thought it was something like that.

I have some forms which are in php and send the results, via a template, to my email address. Would it be possible to add the results to a MySQL database, so that I could view and create reports for printing?

Regards

Drachsi

[Ribbontree]

[pinkpanther01]

If you continue using it you will understand it perfectly it was the same problem for me at the begining

[johnpapas]

I 'm using the sublime text editor. Google it. Very nice especially for php coding since it's visualize the content code and produce a start and end sign. This option is very useful for not loosing the start of sub functions.
Hope that helps

[Bishal Giri]

For PHP learning,You can gain the acess to it by the following site
w3schools.com
I think its the best one for the PHP learning.You guys can enjoy learning through it