Question

I want to implement a tagging system for entries in my database. I did some research and I guess that this is the best way to do it…however I’m not too experienced with MySQL (or PHP for that matter – I’m just making a sort of web app for fun) and thus I am confused on how to implement this.

Answer 1

Your going to need to create the database in MySQL and then you will need to use PHP to create the user interface (HTML) and the code to access the database. Since you are new I’ve listed out some getting started resources for each. Good Luck!

Here’s some resources for getting started with MySQL:

http://code.google.com/edu/tools101/mysql.html

http://a.parsons.edu/~kosoyj/2009/spring/pgte_5044/2009/03/24/mysql-101/

http://www.killerphp.com/mysql/

http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tutorials/sql/mysql_database_introduction_mysql_beginners_tutorial.php3

And some for basics/getting started with PHP:

http://devzone.zend.com/article/627

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/php/php.html

http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/php_tutorial_for_beginners/

Learning PHP and MySQL