Noob query: Voting or Poll Scripts

[Animesh K]

Hello All:

I am new to Php, but working my way out slowly. I saw some polling or
voting scripts on the net and all of them use MySQL database with it. I
was wondering if a file can be used (to save use of a database, I have
only 10-databases from godaddy and I cannot use one for each poll).

It seems that this can be done (using file instead of a DB), but I don't
want to re-invent the wheel. So if someone has a suggestion, please help
me out.

Best regards,
Animesh

[Geoff Berrow]

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the following:

>I am new to Php, but working my way out slowly. I saw some polling or
voting scripts on the net and all of them use MySQL database with it. I
was wondering if a file can be used (to save use of a database, I have
only 10-databases from godaddy and I cannot use one for each poll).

I wrote a poll which enabled you to have as many polls as you like using
just two tables. I suspect others will be similar. Also you can have
many tables in a database (I usually just use a naming convention to
keep them separate.)

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Animesh K wrote:

Hello All:

I am new to Php, but working my way out slowly. I saw some polling or
voting scripts on the net and all of them use MySQL database with it. I

was wondering if a file can be used (to save use of a database, I have
only 10-databases from godaddy and I cannot use one for each poll).

It seems that this can be done (using file instead of a DB), but I
don't
want to re-invent the wheel. So if someone has a suggestion, please
help
me out.

Best regards,
Animesh

10 databases is not really a problem here. You can identify tables that
belong to a single script inside a single database using a unique name
prefix. This is how it has been done years ago when a single MySQL
database that your host allowed was look upon as a huge favor.

In any case, if you are trying to avoid using a database, you will need
your script to be able to write onto the hard drive and that creates
possibility for NASTY website hacks. I would avoid a script that
unnecessarily writes anything to a disk. Don't shy away from database use.
There are plenty of benefits there.

As for where to get a ready-to-go script, www.hotscripts.com has plenty.

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[Animesh K]

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Animesh K wrote:

>Hello All:

>I am new to Php, but working my way out slowly. I saw some polling or
voting scripts on the net and all of them use MySQL database with it. I

>was wondering if a file can be used (to save use of a database, I have
only 10-databases from godaddy and I cannot use one for each poll).

>It seems that this can be done (using file instead of a DB), but I
don't
want to re-invent the wheel. So if someone has a suggestion, please
help
me out.

>Best regards,
Animesh

10 databases is not really a problem here. You can identify tables that
belong to a single script inside a single database using a unique name
prefix. This is how it has been done years ago when a single MySQL
database that your host allowed was look upon as a huge favor.

In any case, if you are trying to avoid using a database, you will need
your script to be able to write onto the hard drive and that creates
possibility for NASTY website hacks. I would avoid a script that
unnecessarily writes anything to a disk. Don't shy away from database use.
There are plenty of benefits there.

As for where to get a ready-to-go script, www.hotscripts.com has plenty.

Thanks for the quick reply. I will adhere to your and Geoff's suggestions.

Best regards,
Animesh