MySQL?

[alternateyou]

I'm working on a website and I want to have multiple (probably over 5,000) user accounts with unique passwords to gain entrance to a member's area.

Can I use MySQL to do this? If so, do any of you know how?

If there is another way to do this, could you please point me in that direction?

Thanks, in advance!

[Psicosis]

You can use MySQL, you could use a flat text database too. Both are equally difficult to setup imo.

[alternateyou]

Care to elaborate for me? Any advice on how to do that, since I've never done one before?

[kliq]

I really, REALLY, don't recommend using a flatfile for a database that could have ~5000 records.

To use MySQL, you'd need to use some sort of programming language to interact with the database, like PHP. Setting up a database isn't particularly hard wiith apps like phpMyAdmin.

[alternateyou]

I really, REALLY, don't recommend using a flatfile for a database that could have ~5000 records.

To use MySQL, you'd need to use some sort of programming language to interact with the database, like PHP. Setting up a database isn't particularly hard wiith apps like phpMyAdmin.

[kliq]

Yeah, but I've already told you how you'll need to use a programming language such as PHP (using PHP's mysql_* functions) to create a script that can interact with the database.

[alternateyou]

I don't know how to do that!

[Anothername]

You can get scripts that are made for you. I'm sure there's free ones all over the Internet.

www.techtuts.com is a good site to check, although I've noticed that their forums are currently acting up.

Search Google for free user system scripts or something.

Edited January 17, 2007 by Anothername