Which do I need to learn to do the following?

[cyburrr]

I need to do a couple of things;

Have a main page log-in that requires registration (then a password is emailed to those who've registered)

Have a page open up based on what option has been selected in 5+ seperate drop downs.

What would I be best learning? ASP? PHP?

Thanks

[JirQUEST]

u can do with both. but php would be compatible with both IE and NS

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[sdarken]

JirQUEST is not quite right. The choice between ASP and PHP has nothing to do with browsers. Both ASP & PHP generate code which works with either browser.

On the server side ASP (with a couple of obscure exceptions) works only on Windows servers (running IIS) whereas PHP can run on both Windows and UNIX/Linux.

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[pk]

I agree with trulight.

[cyburrr]

Thanks for the great help http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif

Any good tutorials I should start with??

Also, is there any scripts I can use - and learn from (like the javascripts you can grab from public libraries etc)

I'm thinking the password generator would be a popular one??

[truelight]

PHP is the way to go, accordning to my opinion - it's very easy to learn, and runs on all kinds of servers. ASP, on the other hand, needs to be run on NT servers that crashes all the time.

[truelight]

I'm currently customizing phpNuke (phpnuke.org) It's a whole portal system made in PHP, and it kicks ****! (HAHA! I fooled the filter by using the word '****'!" It's good learning, too!

Actually, don't mess too much with the tutorials, just start out with your own site and try to learn the hard way, it's more work, but on the other hand, you learn better and have more fun on the way!

For learning the absolute basics - I recommend this tutorial: http://vtwebwizard.com/tutorials/mysql/
After that, you can do pretty fine with searhing for your trouble on php.net (they have a VERY extensive documentation) or on google.

Oh, and if you need exaple scripts, hotscripts.com and php.resourceindex.com are the only sites you need.

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[suresk]

PHP would be my choice too http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif

There are some script libraries here: http://www.weberdev.net http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/

Weberdev is less organized, but has some good stuff. HotScripts has quite a few scripts, not sure if they have the one you want, but have a look around http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif

HTH

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[cyburrr]

Thanks guys!

I'm tackling the password log in first. I was hoping there was a script I could find and just cut/paste - but haven't found anything.

Would it be easier to have visitors add their own password after filling in the info? I'm basically trying to have a login like when you sign up for free email or free web space.

I guess finding a premade script is hopeless? http://geekvillage.com/ubb/frown.gif I'm not sure I have it in me to tackle a new language (PHP) http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif Maybe it'll be my New Years resolution.