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For Automated Sites PHP and MySQL are A Perfect Match  by: Halstatt Pires You’ve decided to automate your web site. Now what? Here are some ideas to help you choose how to automate your site. A bit of programming is going to be necessary if you want to automate a site. There are many types of programs that can be used to automate a web site including JavaScript, PHP, Perl, ASP, Java and more. So, which do you use? For many, it is a personal choice. I prefer PHP for programming. PHP is a particularly useful programming language because it allows for advanced programming and is easy to integrate with web pages. Another plus of PHP is that the language interfaces very well with MySQL, a popular type of online database. Yet another plus of PHP is that it is Open Source Code. The actual code that is PHP is available to the public for free, while the source code for products such as ASP are not. Because PHP is open source, there is a large community of PHP programmers that help each other with code. This means PHP programmers can rely on each other by using reusable pieces of code called functions and classes rather than constantly reinventing the wheel. This can dramatically cut down on production time. Overall, PHP is flexible, cheaper than many alternatives, and built around a community. PHP and MySQL are excellent choice for webmasters looking to automate their web sites. What Can PHP and MySQL do for me? Just about anything you can think of. That is the beauty of custom programming. A few ideas of what you can do with a PHP and MySQL driven site include: E-commerce User Polls Keyword Tracking Set User Preferences Manage Password Protected Member's Areas Lead Follow Up Customer Relations Content Management Email Newsletters Accounting Invoicing Scheduled Updates The list is limited only by your imagination. Once you have decided to go with a PHP and MySQL site, you can either get a custom program created, use a prepackaged version or a combination of both. Many PHP and MySQL programs that come prepackaged are easy to customize and can save you a lot of time and money over starting from the ground up. About The Author Halstatt Pires is an Internet marketing consultant with http://www.marketingtitan.com - an Internet marketing firm in San Diego offering automated web site systems through http://www.businesscreatorpro.com. This article was posted on September 18, 2005 Read More Articles from the "Web Design and Development" Category: Designing a Search Engine Friendly Website by Wendy Suto How And When To Set NameServers For Domain Names by Scotty Stevens The Key To Creating Valuable Keywords by Jason Pearson Benefits of Web Site Templates by Halstatt Pires Search Engine Optimisation – Myths, Risks and Pitfalls by Nicholas C Smith Developing State-enabled Applications With PHP by John L PHP On-The-Fly! by Dennis Pallett Web 2.0 Programming by Kirk Jensen A Short Guide to Affordable Web Hosting by Andy Lewis Domain Names and Search Engine Optimization by Halstatt Pires << Back to "Web Design And Development" Index

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