Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page

From	"Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page
Date	2014-11-06 20:56 +0100
Organization	solani.org
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James Harris wrote:

> "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> wrote in message 
>> I'm rather confused.  Assuming that "forename" and "surname" refer to a
>> person, this way you can only store a single person's data in the table.
>> Is that really your intention?
> 
> The keys "forename" and "surname" were just the first thing that came into 
> my head as test data so I had something to emit to the page to check that my 
> code was working. Real keys/identifiers/labels (call them what you will) for 
> the scalars mentioned in the scalar_get() function will just be arbitrary 
> pieces of text.

Ah, I see.  In this case a key-value store might be more appropriate
than a relational database.  Perhaps you find DBA[1] useful, or maybe
MongoDB[2] or another NoSQL database[3].

[1] <http://php.net/manual/en/book.dba.php>
[2] <http://php.net/manual/en/book.mongo.php>
[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 00:23 +0000
  Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-06 04:54 +0100
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 09:19 -0500
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:39 +0000
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 11:32 -0500
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 10:26 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-11-26 09:38 +0000
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 11:56 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 07:51 -0500
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 14:24 +0100
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 08:36 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-26 10:21 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 20:57 +0100
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 16:21 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 18:27 +0100
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:58 +0000
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-06 21:34 +0100
  Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 23:00 -0500
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:29 +0000
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 10:44 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 16:15 +0000
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 11:25 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 12:42 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-08 13:50 +0100
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-08 21:19 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-08 22:08 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-09 08:09 +0100
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 18:24 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 12:37 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 17:51 +0000
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 20:56 +0100
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 12:40 -0500
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-11-10 11:17 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 21:27 +0000

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