Help please!!!

supercatmole · Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

I'm not sure how simple or complicated this is but...I need to create a signup form for a website. I can write the code for the form, but I am not sure how to save the information people type in...if you know what I mean. Any help with this would be much appreciated.

mwa103 · 100+ Club Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 206

If you are just using the information in the site and not storing it longterm you can use cookies to accomplish that. If you want to store it longterm in a database for use later I would recommend using php & a mysql database. You can check out the tutorial section to see how to do this or google it. Let us know if you have any more problems/questions.

-Mike

supercatmole · Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks for the help!
Is there any way to get MySQL free? It says on the site that it costs £345 per year!!

webmaster · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Help please!!!

MySQL is open source and free. Download it from www.mysql.com

supercatmole · Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

I've downloaded it, but when I open the client, it asks me for a password. Suggestions?

webmaster · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Help please!!!

Take a look at this tutorial:
http://www.neothermic.com/tutorials/ApacheTutorial.php

Phate · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Help please!!!

the mysql would be free, but the language capabilities like PHP or ASP would all be server side... you would need to pay for those