Registration form

My father needs a registration form on his website for his tournament. His website is hosted by GoDaddy which includes MySql servers. What is the best way to do this? Should I look into using Javascript for the browser form that interacts with the MySql database? Also, he wants the form to only go through after they paid with paypal. Where would I look to do this?

Thanks

 

You will need a server-side scripting language (such as PHP, or ASP) to accept the form submission, validate and database it. Javascript may help make it more user-friendly, but I would not make the process DEPEND on it. (Plus, on it's own, it will not be able to interact with your web or database server)

I would recommend the PHP Tutorial at W3Schools.com as this will teach you the PHP language, including how to embed SQL code for interacting with the database. I would also supplement that with the PHP Manual for times when the W3Schools tutorial doesn't go deep enough, or for code samples.

There are a few ways to integrate paypal, but I think that since you want action AFTER the transaction takes place the Instant Payment Notification (IPN) service will be most useful to you. This requires that you write a script for Paypal to send transaction information to. I've used the IPN Listener script at this link.

 

Thanks, this is all very helpful information