the server the site is hosted on has php 4 and mysql. i prefer the idea of a database to storing the messages in a txt file.

i have got as far as creating a database, putting in the necessary tables/fields, and uploading the php files. but it hasn't worked yet, despite trying 3 different ways of doing it.

i'm thinking either the tutorials i've been following have been for php5, or i'm making a mistake with the database somewhere.

if anybody knows of a php4< tutorial, i would like to give that a try first.