PHP/MYSQL Book search

Im building a php/mysql book swap site and need to integrate an isbn book search facility where the userenters the isbn no. and the fields are filled with the relevent info.

I know there are sites that offer free searches and databases to buy of the books but im not quite clever enough to do this i dont think.

Few questions then

1. Is it possible without buying a database
2. If so...how hard and does anyone have any pointers
3. If not is anyone willing to offer to do it for a fixed price?

Thanks

re: PHP/MYSQL Book search

Hi.

The first link returned by Google when I search for "free isbn database" turned out to be a free database, where you send a request and get a standard XML response with the info.

The shouldn't be hard for you to add to your web. You would just need to research how to use one of the many ways PHP interacts with XML, such as the SimpleXML class. (See examples here)

If you run into any problems with that, you can always post them here and we can try to help you find a solution.

Or, if you would rather hire somebody to do this for you, feel free to post an offer in our Jobs forum.