So Im trying to generate a webform and saving 3 maybe four fields of data to somewhere (database maybe?) and then being able to generate a monthly report organizing the data with a field. Problem is I dont know where to start. I have the html and css down for the front end but what would be the best way of going about storing the data and generating the reports? I dont mind getting my hands dirty,
At this point, do you just have HTML/CSS saved out in a folder?
You'll want a database to save the data to, and you'll want a means to send and request data from the DB.
I'm not sure how great this article is, but it would give you an idea of how to do it using PHP and a MySQL database:
My expertise lies in the Microsoft side of things using .NET (instead of PHP), and MS SQL (instead of MySQL), and there's an article here on that:
With that said, Microsoft Visual Studio Community Edition is a free, and really great (IMO), IDE to work in if .NET is of interest to you.
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