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The problem is that, more often than not, the people who provide the content for a site are not the same people who handle its design. Oftentimes, the content provider doesn't even know HTML. How, then, is the content to get from the provider onto the Web site? Not every company can afford to staff a full-time Webmaster, and most Webmasters have better things to do than copying Word files into HTML templates anyway.
Maintenance of a content-driven site can be a real pain, too. Many sites (perhaps yours?) feel locked into a dry, outdated design because rewriting those hundreds of HTML files to reflect a new design would take forever. Server-side includes (SSI's) can help alleviate the burden a little, but you still end up with hundreds of files that need to be maintained should you wish to make a fundamental change to your site.
The solution to these headaches is database-driven site design. By achieving complete separation between your site's design and the content you want to present, you can work with each without disturbing the other. Instead of writing an HTML file for every page of your site, you only need to write a page for each kind of information you want to be able to present. Instead of endlessly pasting new content into your tired page layouts, create a simple content management system that allows the writers to post new content themselves without a lick of HTML!
In this series of articles, I'll provide you with a hands-on look at what's involved in building a database-driven Web site. We'll use two tools for this, both of which may be new to you: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL relational database management system. If your Web host provides PHP and MySQL support, you're in great shape. If not, we'll be looking at the set-up procedures under Linux and Windows, so don't sweat it.
<b>Who Should Read this Series</b>
These articles are aimed at intermediate or advanced Web designers looking to make the leap into server-side programming. You'll be expected to be comfortable with simple HTML, as I'll be making use of it without much in the way of explanation. A teensy bit of JavaScript may serve us well at some point as well, but I'll be sure to keep it simple for the uninitiated.
By the end of this series, you can expect to have a grasp of what's involved in setting up and building a database-driven Web site. If you follow the examples, you'll also learn the basics of PHP (a server-side scripting language that allows you to do a lot more than access a database easily) and Structured Query Language (SQL -- the standard language for interacting with relational databases) as supported by MySQL, one of the most popular free database engines available today. Most importantly, you'll come away with everything you need to get started on your very own database-driven site in no time!
<b>What's in this Series</b>
This series comprises the following 4 chapters. Read them in order from beginning to end to gain a complete understanding of the subject, or skip around if you need a refresher on a particular topic.
<b>Chapter 1: Installation</b>
Before you can start building your database-driven Web presence, you must first ensure that you have the right tools for the job. In this first chapter, I'll tell you where to obtain the two essential components you'll need: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database management system. I'll step you through the set-up procedures on both Windows and Linux, and show you how to test that PHP is operational on your Web server.
<b>Chapter 2: Getting Started with MySQL</b>
Although I'm sure you'll be anxious to get started building dynamic Web pages, I'll begin with an introduction to databases in general, and the MySQL relational database management system in particular. If you've never worked with a relational database before, this should definitely be an enlightening chapter that will whet your appetite for things to come! In the process, we'll build up a simple database to be used in later chapters.
<b>Chapter 3: Getting Started with PHP</b>
Here's where the fun <i>really</i> starts. In this chapter, I'll introduce you to the PHP scripting language, which can be used to easily build dynamic Web pages that present up-to-the-moment information to your visitors. Readers with previous programming experience will probably be able to get away with a quick skim of this chapter, as I explain the essentials of the language from the ground up. This is a must-read chapter for beginners, however, as the rest of this series relies heavily on the basic concepts presented here.
<b>Chapter 4: Publishing MySQL Data on the Web</b>
In this chapter we bring together PHP and MySQL, which you'll have seen separately in the previous two chapters, to create some of your first database-driven Web pages. We'll explore the basic techniques of using PHP to retrieve information from a database and display it on the Web in real time. I'll also show you how to use PHP to create Web-based forms for adding new entries to, and modifying existing information in, a MySQL database on-the-fly.
<b>The Book</b>
The four chapters in this series are actually only the first part of a book. Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL contains not only the four chapters above, but eight more chapters that cover advanced database concepts, the design of a complete content management system, MySQL server administration, and much, much more! The book also includes a complete set of appendices to make it the ideal desk reference for PHP and MySQL Web development. For more information, see the book page.