Good morning:

I really need some assistance and would appreciate any input.  I basically create static sites and I have concentrated on the 508 standards and using CSS.  I was just tasked at my job to create a front end for:  

“a program that prepares documents, calendars and various other functions.  The program is written in Visual Basic and uses Access drivers (not the program just the drivers) as a database….They want to have an interactive calendar on the website so clients could go to the website and schedule their own appointments…This will require the clients to enter certain information prior to the appointment being confirmed.  That information would, then, be imported into the database so it wouldn't need to be typed again.”

I have to use PHP, I have recently bought a bunch of php books off of Amazon but I really don’t know where to start.  

At this point I’m looking for direction.  Possibly a check list of what I need to get in order first.  Then can anyone suggest a tutorial/book?  Luckily I have a month but I have a feeling I will need 2……

Thank you!

have you google'd for "ajax|javascript|dhtml|interactive calendar"?


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Good morning:
Thank you for the reply.  Yes, I did as you suggested and I got some wonderful results but not for the current project.  Over the weekend I bought the Dreamweaver 8 Bible and Chapter 18 looks very promising: Establishing Connections and Recordsets"

I've been doing a lot of research and it looks to me like you can't use PHP when the dbse is written in Visual Basic and uses Access drivers (not the program just the drivers).  It has to be in mysql, Am I correct?

Hey icarol.lyn
I wouldn't say you couldn't use php but I would say that you shouldn't.  SQL would be the best solution for your project.  Not necessarily MySQL, but it depends on the size and budget of your project.  What is the size and budget of your project?