Hello,
I'm a pretty basic php user, and I'm wondering how someone would go about implementing a message system into a website with different users. It doesn't have to be anything specific, I'm just wondering about the basic design of it.
Thanks
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Hey.
What do you mean by "a message system"?
Like a blog, or like a messenger?
If it's a blog, there are probably hundreds of codes available online for you to choose from. Wordpress being something of a leader among them.
If you mean a messenger system, then PHP alone is probably not the best way to go. Something involving AJAX wold be more promising.
phouse512 0 Junior Poster in Training
Not a IM app or blog
I don't mean anything really complicated, I'm mainly just wondering how you would store data from a message that one user sent to another. You wouldn't be able to store it in databases right?
diafol
Why not?
You can use PHP to send emails/store messages from one user to another in a DB. This implementation can be as simple or as complex as you like.
If you're interested in making a simple messaging system. A possible mysql setup would be:
users table
user_id
username
pw
email
msgs table
msg_id
msg_title
msg_body
msg_sender (foreign key on user_id)
msg_recipient (foreign key on user_id)
msg_status (e.g. pending/read/etc)
notify_when_open (find out if your msg has been read)
If you're new to php, you will have some fun creating forms for msgs and validating /cleaning input and then improving the design to incorporate diffrent msb folders, send to multiple recipients etc. This is a really good 'project' to get your teeth into. Ready made scripts may be useful, but if you're starting out, they may cause more confusion than anything, especially if they're object-orientated.
phouse512 0 Junior Poster in Training
Ohh...I see, I wasn't sure about the database design part. I'll go try that and then post it back here to see if its ok.
Thanks
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