Brand New to this, Where to start

Good Afternoon,
I have been asked to look into building a FORUM using php3.

Where do I start? shall I use php3?


Could someone point me in the right direction?

Cheers

Dan


Your time spent on this matter is greatly appreciated

PHP version three? That's not right.
Do you mean using the forum software phpbb3?
PHP version 3 is redundant now, PHP version 5 is the current version.

Alex,
I dont even know what php code looks like. Do you have any basics or links for php forums.

Need to start some where.

Cheers
Dan

Well this is a PHP forum.
Maybe you should look this thread http://www.webforumz.com/php-forum/6...-beginners.htm

I suggest this

Are there free forums out there that I can use for my site?

If you have no knowlege of PHP its probebly becuase you are not interested in PHP so learning the whole language is probebly not the best thing to advise you!

Type in free PHP forum scripts into google & you will find one ready made to add to your website, you will still have to make sure that the server that your website is on allows PHP scripting & also you will need a mysql database to store the records of the users signed up to use your forum,

Here is what you need:

PHP hosting package,
Mysql database,
Signup form,
Memebrs Login form,
Php forum script.

Hope this helps

Longstand, forums come with a signup and login form..

Alex Geek, am here to get help & give help were i can. i am also a successfull business man & landlord, so i guess i dont need my mistakes explaining to me by you!

Yes your good at web design, so why dont you put it into action by helping people instead of messing up peoples threads with tit 4 tat comments trying to proove who is the cleverst web design nerd??

We all love web design thats why were here, i just dont shove peoples mistakes in there face, and if you must no am not the only person who has a problem with people doing this!

No offence!

Hmmmm ..... Actually, alexgeek had a good point there. I was actually going to reply the same thing but he beat me to it.

Every free forum software have all that stuff integrated already. All you need is PHP and MySQL

No problem Karinne, its just i made a point the other day of downlaoding multi packs of PHP scripts some were complete some were not, my point was a short way of pushing the point that the newbie left the forum nowing excactly what he needed to no in lamens terms!

I no i was a bit pushy in my last post its just hard sifting through the cocky comments trying to find what you need gets a little tired & boring!

Anyway am not here to bicker,

Take care

Andy.

Insulting someone then adding "no offence" doesn't cut it.

You obviously do need your mistakes corrected by me in this instance, which has nothing to do with you being a landlord.

I stated that so that the person asking for help didn't go out and find a registration and login script when they will already have one with the forum software they choose.

No offense!

Not arguing Alex.

When i said nerd i wasnt insulting you, i get called a nerd by my freinds and find it amusing.

Take it easy anyway, it just seems like everytime a post is there you can be a bit sacastic at times thats all!!!

I explained to Karrine why i explained a signup form & login seperetly, so there's no need to explain twice.

You have to understand Alex people are new & they need more help before they get the gist.

I have been posting messages for over a week about a huge form with 1 problem stopping it working and am still here trying to fix it a week later now as we speak, al am trying to say is there's to much tit 4 tat going on instead of problem solving!

How about we shake hands

PHPBB is the most popular, but also the most hacked. (well go figure eh?). When you find one, the best thing is to read the forumz of that module and see what all ya need to set it up. Like mentioned above, all you really need is PHP and MYSQL and the forum package will cover the rest.