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How can I write a forum in PHP?

What database schema should I use to implement discussion lists?

Where can I find more information about building a bulletin board?

Dec 17th, 2007 02:23
dman, Philip Olson, Jens Clasen, Alder Rus, Willy Wally, Antonomase Polyscribe, Nathan Wallace,

There are a number of different techniques that can be used to build a
threaded discussion list.  Rather than choose one or outline them all
here it is better to point you at a relevant thread in the mailing list
archives:
http://www.progressive-comp.com/Lists/?l=php3-general&m=93062134631409
Unless you really want to build one yourself you are probably much
better off using one of the existing open source systems.
A list of PHP projects that you can utilize is available at:
    http://php.net/projects.php
There are many PHP forum packages out there, here are some URLS that
list them:
http://hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/
http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/
Bulletin_Board_Message_Systems/
Some popular packages:
phpBB: http://phpbb.com/
Phorum: http://phorum.org/