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WYSIWYG PHP/MySQL Development Tool

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fbrdphreak

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Hey all,
I'm a marketing intern for a small software company (and I'm a Senior in CPE/EE, go figure) and I was just tasked to develop an externally accessable way for the bosses here and the programmers in other states to view, update, and modify a list of features/bugs they are working on.

PHP & MySQL was the first and best way that came to my mind. Any thoughts?

I'm in the process of teaching myself these languages, but was wondering if anyone could recommend a fairly straightforward What You See Is What you Get development tool; maybe like Dreamweaver for PHP/MySQL? Something that will kind of allow me to specify what kind of tables I want, databases, the actual form itself, etc etc.

Thanks in advance
 
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Why not use an out of the box solution?
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Like? Looking for something fairly simple here. Money isn't a huge issue as these guys are loaded, but given its limited implementation it shouldn't cost a WHOLE lot.

EDIT That and I need something to work on so they can justify paying me $12/hour, other than for neffing of course 😛
 
Great information guys, keep it coming.

I will look at these two suggestions and see what works.

I believe all of our servers are running Windows, just not sure what version or how they are setup
 
Bugzilla. And modify it if you know perl. Otherwise it works good out of the box. You'll need to hold a little training to teach them how to use it and proper 'bug life span'.
 
Originally posted by: fs5
Bugzilla. And modify it if you know perl. Otherwise it works good out of the box. You'll need to hold a little training to teach them how to use it and proper 'bug life span'.
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What do you mean by bug life span?
 
Originally posted by: zerocool1
dhrupal/mambo
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yea, ive used mambo, modular and easy to use and setup....if you arent familiar with mysql really, id recommend getting phpmyadmin up and running. its a web based form to modify your sql database...easy to use and setup

-Dan
 
Originally posted by: Skiddex
yea, ive used mambo, modular and easy to use and setup....if you arent familiar with mysql really, id recommend getting phpmyadmin up and running. its a web based form to modify your sql database...easy to use and setup

-Dan
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So that would generate the web form and I just need to setup the server to handle PHP?
 
you could modify it to do that without much problem...its probably much more than you need, but i love having phpmyadmin on every box that i am doing devel work on just so i can quickly and visually view tables and info without having to blunder my way thru mysql code.
 
Originally posted by: Skiddex
you could modify it to do that without much problem...its probably much more than you need, but i love having phpmyadmin on every box that i am doing devel work on just so i can quickly and visually view tables and info without having to blunder my way thru mysql code.
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So just to clarify what you're saying: phpmyadmin will generate a PHP based table system for bug management and all I have to do is get it network accessible via the server?
 
yep. all phpmyadmin does is turn a sql database into a clickable and browseable web page. i just use it for debugging tables and having a nice clean view of where data is lying in tables. what about putting up a simple php based bulletin board? something like phpbb. the install took me all of 5 min to have something up and running on my webserver. would that be acceptable to your bosses and programmers?
 
Originally posted by: Skiddex
yep. all phpmyadmin does is turn a sql database into a clickable and browseable web page. i just use it for debugging tables and having a nice clean view of where data is lying in tables. what about putting up a simple php based bulletin board? something like phpbb. the install took me all of 5 min to have something up and running on my webserver. would that be acceptable to your bosses and programmers?
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Ooooh. That's a good idea. Do you still have to setup PHP on the server itself? I'm not sure if they have that setup or not
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Wrong forum, and look into a CMS.
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I wouldnt recommend one. Most of them are bloated. It's not that hard to create something in less than an hour. it doesnt have to be fancy or anything.
 
Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Originally posted by: Skiddex
yep. all phpmyadmin does is turn a sql database into a clickable and browseable web page. i just use it for debugging tables and having a nice clean view of where data is lying in tables. what about putting up a simple php based bulletin board? something like phpbb. the install took me all of 5 min to have something up and running on my webserver. would that be acceptable to your bosses and programmers?
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Ooooh. That's a good idea. Do you still have to setup PHP on the server itself? I'm not sure if they have that setup or not
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if you are going to look into mambo or another CMS, your server is going to need a DSO supported compile of apache and php installed as a module of apache. look here for an easy how to that i have used in the past for guidance linky

otherwise a simple php install should do the trick for a phpbb
php install instructions
 
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