Hello everyone!
I am looking for some expert oppinions here since I've only been working with PHP for about 6 months now.
I have a couple websites that I'm redesigning using PHP.
The first one is a fairly large site (600+ pages currently). I was planning to use a SQL database so that visitors will be able to submit their artwork and information and the database would be able to keep up with the amount of data.
The second one is a small site (only about 20 pages). I'm using PHP simply to create "editor" pages for the client so they can update their own text and artwork whenever they want. I am planning to use flat files for storage because there won't be that much info and I already know how to script for flat files.
My question is... Am I right in thinking that the larger site should be done with a SQL database? Is there any reason I shouldn't use flat file storage for the smaller site? (the files won't be readable from the browser of course... just the script)
thanks
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