Creating a Forum

I'm creating a forum with php/mysql. My question is: What is the best
way to do it? General, eh? First time I've tried doing this so I don't
know what really needs to be asked.

I use mysql and php. I'm getting comfortable with it and I'm in the
process of coding a forum. Where I'm hung up is what's the best way to
keep track of topics, subtopics, folders and postings.. etc. If I want
to be able to delete one thing, for example, is there a best way to link
them together so that if one is deleted the rest of the "tree" below is
deleted. I thought of assigning each and every little thing a number and
having it refer to another by number but once that number (or numbers)
is freed up or moved.. .. ..is there any easy way to tackle this?

Thanks.

Re: Creating a Forum

I would strongly suggest looking at one of the free forum packages out
there like phpBB. It is pretty fully featured and self installs. It
is database driven but is all straight forward PHP (no OO stuff) so you
can follow what it is doing relatively easily.

You would be better off starting with something that works and
modifying it than starting from scratch.

Obiron

Re: Creating a Forum

I also suggest you to go with phpbb.

Flaming Corncob wrote:
> I'm creating a forum with php/mysql. My question is: What is the best
> way to do it? General, eh? First time I've tried doing this so I don't
> know what really needs to be asked.
>
> I use mysql and php. I'm getting comfortable with it and I'm in the
> process of coding a forum. Where I'm hung up is what's the best way to
> keep track of topics, subtopics, folders and postings.. etc. If I want
> to be able to delete one thing, for example, is there a best way to link
> them together so that if one is deleted the rest of the "tree" below is
> deleted. I thought of assigning each and every little thing a number and
> having it refer to another by number but once that number (or numbers)
> is freed up or moved.. .. ..is there any easy way to tackle this?
>
> Thanks.

Re: Creating a Forum

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