Looking for simple flat-file php database usable by non-techies

[Laurel Thomason]

Hi, I'm looking for a simple, web-enabled php database that I can
customize. It doesn't even have to use mysql. It's just gotta be
able to hold about 200 records, and each record has five fields. It
should have some mechanism to avoid overwrites when two or more people
are adding data. Ideally, it would store the data as comma-delimited
text that I could later import into excel.

I realize there must be a bazillion apps like this out there, but I'm
having a hard time figuring out the category/keywords to offer up to
the Google oracle. Thanks for your help.

[CountScubula]

"Laurel Thomason" <la*************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi, I'm looking for a simple, web-enabled php database that I can
customize. It doesn't even have to use mysql. It's just gotta be
able to hold about 200 records, and each record has five fields. It
should have some mechanism to avoid overwrites when two or more people
are adding data. Ideally, it would store the data as comma-delimited
text that I could later import into excel.

I realize there must be a bazillion apps like this out there, but I'm
having a hard time figuring out the category/keywords to offer up to
the Google oracle. Thanks for your help.

I understand you question, however, when you start adding criteria, like
record locking, the engine becomes a database, simplest is to use mysql

if you just want simple flat file, w less than 200 rcords, just write the
code yourself, it will be roughly the same
as trying to intergrate a database.

--
Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

la*************@yahoo.com (Laurel Thomason) wrote in message news:<ca**************************@posting.google. com>...

Hi, I'm looking for a simple, web-enabled php database that I can
customize. It doesn't even have to use mysql. It's just gotta be
able to hold about 200 records, and each record has five fields. It
should have some mechanism to avoid overwrites when two or more people
are adding data. Ideally, it would store the data as comma-delimited
text that I could later import into excel.

I realize there must be a bazillion apps like this out there, but I'm
having a hard time figuring out the category/keywords to offer up to
the Google oracle.

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[Geoff Berrow]

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contained the following:

Ideally, it would store the data as comma-delimited
text that I could later import into excel.

Did you know that you can usually just cut and paste an html table into
Excel?

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[Laurel Thomason]

Geoff Berrow <bl******@ckdog.co.uk> wrote in message news:<an********************************@4ax.com>. ..

I noticed that Message-ID:
<ca**************************@posting.google.com > from Laurel Thomason
contained the following:

Ideally, it would store the data as comma-delimited
text that I could later import into excel.

Did you know that you can usually just cut and paste an html table into
Excel?

No, that's good to know!