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PHP and MySQL

An Ongoing Series

These articles trace the process we used to automate various aspects of the Low End Mac website.

Planning the Automation Project, 2002.04.23. The first step is deciding what it is you want to do.
Creating Your My SQL Database, 2002.04.24. Creating your MySQL database and defining the data fields you'll use.
Importing Data into Your MySQL Database, 2002.04.25. Massaging your existing data so you can import it into your MySQL database.
Using PHP to Display Your Data, 2002.04.26. Using PHP to display the information in your MySQL database.
Testing and Making Your PHP Work, 2002.04.29. Before you deploy it, make sure it works on your server.
Fixing a Small Scripting Problem, 2002.05.10. Finding and fixing a problem in our PHP script.
The Deal of the Day Database, 2002.05.13. We begin our use of the date field.
Adding Data with Your Browser, 2002.05.14. Adding data to your MySQL database with your browser.
Managing External Links, 2002.06.24. Using a database to handle external links - and then going a step beyond.
Displaying External Links with PHP, 2002.06.26. Using the if command to make sure records with empty fields are displayed properly.
Counting Clicks with PHP and MySQL, 2002.06.28. Using PHP and MySQL to track how often a link is clicked.
Managing Local Links with PHP and MySQL, 2002.07.03. How Low End Mac uses PHP and MySQL to track, sort, and display links to new site content.
Displaying Stock Quotes and Timestamps with PHP, 2002.07.16. Displaying the time of the most recent site update and current prices for Apple stock automatically.
Modified Date Display and Scheduled Content with PHP, 2002.07.24. Modifying the way the date is displayed and scheduling content for future release.
More Link Automation and PHP Frustration, 2002.07.31. A little more link automation - and frustrating problems with PHP.net documentation and the imap_open function.
Creating an RSS News Feed with PHP and MySQL, 2003.02.27. How we use our publishing database to automatically create the Low End Mac RSS newsfeed.

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