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1105974	2010-06-02 03:47:00	Can anyone recommend me a free, basic PHP form IDE? I need to build some basic forms for a business spec, and I don't have the time to learn how to code it from scratch etc. :thanks	nofam (9009)
1105975	2010-06-02 05:15:00	What do you want the forms to do?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1105976	2010-06-02 05:35:00	If there pretty simple, ie just a bunch of boxes to be typed into and then sent to an email address or ftp'd to a server flick me a pm and il whip it up	hueybot3000 (3646)
1105977	2010-06-02 05:41:00	What do you want the forms to do? Ideally I'd like to be able to create the front-end forms with text boxes, radio buttons/check boxes, as well as constraints, data validation etc in a drag n drop environment, which I could print out to include as part of the user spec I'm writing, and then further down the line, be able to export the whole thing into proper html/php and send it off to the web dev to stitch it all into an existing LAMP server we have. I'm just conscious of the fact that the more I can do up-front, the more accurate the spec will be, which will make the dev work as painless as possible!! :D	nofam (9009)
1105978	2010-06-02 05:46:00	Drag and drop? AFAIK PHP wont do that, you'd have to use javascript or something. Is this to minimise the amount of copy pasting you have to do? Like you couldn't have a form that the user fills out and sends to the server and then you copy the info in whatever programme, set layout, and then print?	hueybot3000 (3646)
1105979	2010-06-02 05:53:00	Drag and drop? AFAIK PHP wont do that, you'd have to use javascript or something. Is this to minimise the amount of copy pasting you have to do? Like you couldn't have a form that the user fills out and sends to the server and then you copy the info in whatever programme, set layout, and then print? Sorry, didn't make this clear - because I have no PHP ability whatsoever, I want to be able to create a form using a drag n drop design app, and then take screen shots of it to give the users an idea of how the form will look. Ideally, I'd then like to be able to see the html/php behind what I created, and give that to a web dev to implement. I've been dabbling with tools like this (http://www.phpform.org/), which is kind of like what I'm after, but they're a bit too basic. Hope that makes sense? :blush: I'm somewhat out of my comfort zone here (in case you couldn't tell!)	nofam (9009)
1105980	2010-06-02 05:57:00	Im starting to follow lol Is it a one off form or will it always change? I don't really know of any apps cos I just make them myself :thumbs: And it might help if you understand how it works. You have the form embedded in the html page, which calls on a php script (can be embedded in the page, but I don't) and then that processes each entry and sends it wherever you tell it to go. So you would probaly have 2 files to send to the web dev (who works within your company?) and I'm guessin you want him to post it on a page for the user to see?	hueybot3000 (3646)
1105981	2010-06-02 22:11:00	Im starting to follow lol Is it a one off form or will it always change? I don't really know of any apps cos I just make them myself :thumbs: And it might help if you understand how it works. You have the form embedded in the html page, which calls on a php script (can be embedded in the page, but I don't) and then that processes each entry and sends it wherever you tell it to go. So you would probaly have 2 files to send to the web dev (who works within your company?) and I'm guessin you want him to post it on a page for the user to see? It's a form to capture details for new customers, and all the details they want for their custom 'widget'. Once the form has been filled out, the details are submitted to a MySQL database, and are then able to be tracked, and the order status of the widget is able to be changed as the order progresses. The web dev works for a company that contracts to my companies' head office, but we've got quite a close working relationship, and they set up the LAMP server running our Data Warehouse, which I'm going to run this on. So, just so I'm clear in my mind, all the PHP does (being a server-side scripting language) is take the data entered in the form, and do something with it (such as inserting records into DB tables), whereas the HTML controls the actual look of the form and it's elements, as well as the page layout/format etc?	nofam (9009)
1105982	2010-06-03 02:03:00	So, just so I'm clear in my mind, all the PHP does (being a server-side scripting language) is take the data entered in the form, and do something with it (such as inserting records into DB tables), whereas the HTML controls the actual look of the form and it's elements, as well as the page layout/format etc? Couldn't have put it simpler. I think the easiest way to do it is by hand, I doubt youl find a drag n drop style tool that will set it up for adding to a database as that information varies, unlike maybe an email address which you could just punch in and the tool doesn't have to think about it. If that makes sense :confused:	hueybot3000 (3646)
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