| Re: Perform maths based on a number in a text file [message #183800 is a reply to message #183750] |
Wed, 20 November 2013 11:50   |
drkirkby
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On Monday, 18 November 2013 13:19:50 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> I would strongly recommend using a database: setting that up is a bit of
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> a faff, but once set up it provides the sort of 'update by one screen,
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> read buy many others' sort of access that you need. And wont need any
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> file level parsing - you will get your numbers as an array from a Mysql
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> type query.
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> You can even embed the mathematics in the query instead of doing it on
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> PHP, if you want.
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> But all this assumes you are willing to knuckle down and learn basic
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> SQL, mysql administration, and how to set up web forms and the like.
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> If you are as you sound, a relative newcomer, this is a few weeks work :-(
Hi,
thank you for your thoughs. To be honest, I'm not over keen on using a database. I'm not a web designer, but an engineer trying to get data about his product on a web page. Maybe the constants will be updated in the future, but perhaps they never will. It is certainly not something I expect to do on a regular basis. The idea of spending 3 days working on this does not attract me.
To answer the question asked by someone else about how the constants will get updated. It will be me doing it manually - no program will update them. Maybe file_get_contents will do what I want.
Dave
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