How to post comments to a php page

[Benedizione]

On the same page that I recently password protected, I now would like to allow the person viewing the page to be able to "POST" comments to the page. How can I do that?

I found a blogging program in php but after seeing it set up, I really don't think it is what I need because I am not trying to accommodate any number of people to register a username and password in order to blog.

I only want to accommodate one person, who already typed in a password to enter the page, to be able to post comments to that page.

Is this possible?

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Edit: Removed formatting. We're not blind.

[Nile]

Can it be using MySQL?

[thetestingsite]

It is possible, but depending on the set up you have now, it could be very easy or slightly more difficult to work on your page. You can look at the documentation for fopen, fwrite, file_get_contents, and other file system commands; or look at http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com for tutorials on using php and mysql for this.

Hope this helps.

[Benedizione]

Yes, mysql is good.

My website server is with godaddy. I only learned yesterday about how to setup a database in mysql so I have done that and then do not know where to go from there.

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[Nile]

Well, I think you can learn MySQL, its really fun! Try it(if you don't KNOW php)

[Benedizione]

This is the program that I ended up using to password protect my page http://www.zubrag.com/scripts/password-protect.php I had to tweak it to get it the way I wanted it because again, I am not wanting multiple users but so far it is working out very well.

I don't know if that is any indication about how difficult or simple it might be to set up the "post" function I want to do. But, so far, looking over all this database thing is very complicated for me.

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[jackbenimble4]

There are quite a few ways to do this, but if you're new to PHP most of them probably will be confusing at first. MySQL databases are very common in PHP applications, so learning that approach would likely be the most beneficial later on. Here's another tutorial if you're interested: PHP MySQL Introduction

Depending on your installation, storing the comments in a XML file might be a possibility. If you have PHP 5 and the SimpleXML extension installed, this is a fairly 'simple' solution. Otherwise, manipulating an XML file may be out of your league right now.

Another option is to simply store the comments in a text file separating comments however you choose and reading them from the text file. This alternative was already mentioned by thetestingsite. The functions he referenced, fopen, file_get_contents, fwrite can be used to manipulate a file.

[Benedizione]

What does the big red circle with "Edit: Removed formatting. We're not blind" mean? I have not seen that before and I don't get it. Did I do something wrong?

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[TimFA]

I believe it means tech_support removed whatever formatting you had, and told you we were not blind. You probably used lots of bolding/coloring, don't worry about it. I can't help you with your thing, MySQL stumps me...

Tim

[Benedizione]

Well, guys, I am stumped on all this scripting too. I have been working with all kinds of stuff for hours and have not established anything. *grins*

I did find this example: http://www.instantsitecomments.com/test.html that I like the way it works and it would be great to do this...just a simple task it seems.

It's not php but isn't there some kind of simple code I could establish to create the same thing? Something that is much less complicated than databases and code I do not understand?



Dre