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Quick Start Guide

  1. Check your web server supports PHP5.
  2. Check your web server supports MySQL.
  3. Modify your XHTML web form to include the general form tags.
  4. Download the general form files.
  5. Edit local.php.
    Change the file name in line 3 if you don't want to use form.xml.
    Change the database details (you do not need to set these up yet, the helper script will help you).
  6. Upload the general form files to your web server.
  7. Upload your form to your web server, remembering to give it the correct name.
  8. Point your browser to check_form.php, this will check the form for errors and indicate how to create the database, user and table.
  9. Look at the instructions for guidance to add tags to check the form and display error messages.
  10. You can use check_form.php at any time to check the form, and get the SQL to modify the table when you have added fields in the form.