[rabidroach90]

Hello,

I am trying to set up a webpage that automatically updates in response to an input, displaying the newly-inputted information, and have no idea how to do this. The website has cPanel, and mysql and php capabilities, and I think this idea has something to do with these, but I'm not quite sure.

Essentially, I want a sign-up page for events. The page will have separate categories to sign up for, and when one signs up, the categories should be updated and viewable on the webpage in order for others to see. For example, the page could have a chess and checkers section. At the bottom of the page would be a form that would allow one to pick which one to register for, enter name, etc, and when submitted, the results would be displayed on the page, along with others who had already registered.

If anyone knows how to accomplish this, please post!

Thanks!

[Rockn]

You need some server side scripting like ASP or PHP and a database to hold the content.

[rabidroach90]

Ok, is there anyone who knows how to engineer the PHP? I have absolutely no idea how to do it, and what I'd probably do is just look up random scripts and try to piece them together on a guess-and-check method, but I'd appreciate it if someone just knew how I could do it; it would save me a whole lot of time.

Thanks again,

-Roshan

[MMJ]

"I am trying to set up a webpage that automatically updates in response to an input"

I don't think this is possible since the server would have to communicate with the computers.

[Eriksrocks]

Originally Posted by MMJ

I don't think this is possible since the server would have to communicate with the computers.

Sure it is. It's called a browser.

[brendandonhu]

http://php.resourceindex.com/Complet...pts/Calendars/

[MMJ]

Originally Posted by Eriksrocks

Sure it is. It's called a browser.

I don't think you understand me. Lets say I come on this webpage for 5 min then how would the server tell my browser to refresh the page? it would have to have some automatic refreshing not refreshing when someone inputs data then then server tells all the browsers to refresh since someone has inputed

(sorry for the mess i am in a rush

[Rockn]

Refreshing a browser window is a client side operation. Any data that is input into the database will be reflected to the client when they open that page. If it is updated while they are viewing the page it will not be reflected until the browser is refreshed. You can write some jave script into your pages to refresh the pages, but unless your content is constantly changing there is really no point to adding it. How do you think this web site functions, there are hundreds of entries a minute.

[MMJ]

Basically the server can't tell the browser to refresh. There has to be a script to do so. So when the server receives data it can't tell all the browsers to refresh since it received new data.

[cnelson04]

Just get a little java script code to refresh the page every 5 minutes, or 10, or whatever time you need. I'm sure if you use PHP to refresh the page you can call on a MySQL DB, and use 'if' 'else' statments but i don't know much about PHP.

[MMJ]

Yup, that would probably be your best bet.

[cnelson04]

Someone might want to point him in the direction to start to do this.. i have no idea how to write the code, but if someone could you could use my idea as a start. -cnelson.

[rabidroach90]

Heh, that would be nice

[Eriksrocks]

Originally Posted by rabidroach90

Ok, is there anyone who knows how to engineer the PHP? I have absolutely no idea how to do it, and what I'd probably do is just look up random scripts and try to piece them together on a guess-and-check method, but I'd appreciate it if someone just knew how I could do it; it would save me a whole lot of time.

Thanks again,

-Roshan

Probably the best way would just be to learn it yourself. It's really not that complicated as you might think. Probably getting a book would be the best way. For me, I found PHP5 in Easy Steps really nice, it would have everything you need to know in it, it's really not that hard. But first make sure your on an Apache/Linux server before you start learning PHP, otherwise you would need to learn ASP instead (which I have no knowledge of whatsoever. )

I would write it for you, but it takes a while and I wouldn't know the exact finished product that you were looking for.