Question

So I am using php to make a simple website for a school project.

For a forum would I do this?

When a new area is created > create a new database
When a new topic in an area is created > create a new table
When a new post in a topic is created > add row to table

When a area is deleted > delete the database
When a topic is deleted > delete the table

etc etc.

Would this be what you do for a forum type scenario?

Answer 1

You don’t add tables or databases after you launched your project. Set up a design that does not need new tables but only new entries.

You could do something like this

areas (id, name)
topics (id, area_id, name)
posts (id, topic_id, title, content)