# Php, Cgi, Flash? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 23, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587 "2002-07-23T13:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andersom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@andersom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andersom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/1 "2002-07-23T13:48:06Z")
Hello everybody, I was asked to make a site for a group of people, they go to a lot off popfestivals all over europe… and do quit a lot of updates on the net Now here’s my question they want to upload all the news, dates, and others content themself… How can i do this? It would be nice if they can update online or log in on a server. What should i use? What’s the most easy way? (userfriendly) Thanx! Andreas ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/2 "2002-07-24T13:27:20Z")
actually, you can use all of them. a cgi-bin is where you would store all your dynamic data (data that can be changed, added, or edited at will online, or off), then use php to access this data and use flash to display it. i’m sure there are some pretty good tutorials out there. try [http://code.box.sk](http://code.box.sk) then lemme know if you found something good in there. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/3 "2002-07-24T13:40:12Z")
OR: you can use a textfile. Might be easier than PHP and CGI… 😛 pom 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/4 "2002-07-25T02:16:41Z")
and i need to know how to make this dam form work! [http://www3.sympatico.ca/h.ahmad/ContactUs.html](http://www3.sympatico.ca/h.ahmad/ContactUs.html) i don’t have cgi and this is meant for cgi…any other way to make this work without having to buy cgi support from server! or any other support… and also what is MIME? someone told me they use MIME to send and receive forms! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/5 "2002-07-25T04:50:18Z")
Makaveli, Personally, I’d do it with PHP, because I don’t know anything about CGI. And MIME: I don’t think there’s a connection. Mime types are a variable you send to the browser to tell him what kind of data you’re sending him (html, text, gif…). You cannot \use\ MIME types, at least I don’t think so. pom :asian: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/6 "2002-07-26T00:20:04Z")
ok so how would i go about doing it in PHP? are there scripts for forms free and ready? and do i need to enable PHP for it to work or do i not have to buy any other scripting suport on any web page? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-cgi-flash/587/7 "2002-07-26T05:18:39Z")
Of course, you need enable PHP first. then the PHP part is trivial. You have given names to your input fields, so on your submit button, you put action=“myPHPpage.php” in which you process the data. pom :asian: