# \[php\] FlatFile Forum Idea

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-flatfile-forum-idea/90107
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-flatfile-forum-idea/90107 "2005-05-14T15:49:00Z")
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### Author: ![bigmtnskier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bigmtnskier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigmtnskier)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-flatfile-forum-idea/90107/1 "2005-05-14T15:49:00Z")

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For a summer project, I am thinking of making a forum that doesn’t use a database such as MySQL or the other types but using a file as a database.

**Proposed Features:**  
[list]  
[_]\*\*Main: \*\*Flat-File Database System  
[_]Easy Modability  
[_]WYSIWYG Editor  
 Eliminating the need for BB/vB Code  
[_]Feature-Rich Administration CP  
[_]Template Support  
[_]Attachments  
[\*]Automatic Mod Installation  
_Eliminating the need for individually editing each file_  
[/list]  
If I made it better than phpBB and vBulletin how much do you guys/gals think I could sell it? (a copy for however long you want it, instead of an annual charge)