I want to get tips from all you guys... 1. if you code a website with PHP and database, what backend database do you use most? why? 2. what are the techniques to minimize the size of website? 3. what programming techniques do you practice to make your coding system is easy to trace and understand? I want to know about this to make my programming learning faster...actually, I am a PHP newbie....
1. MySQL... it's convenient on most webhosts. 2. This depends on numerous factors including what kind of site your coding and how you code it. Why do you want to minimize the size? I assume you're trying to get it to load faster and run more smoothly aka optimize to unload on the site so it doesn't crash. 3. No particular techniques. I simple code projects and I am interested and over time, it all falls in place. I am not sure what you mean by easy to trace...
1. MySQL, it is widely available on web hosts. 2. You should concentrate on to optimize the site operations not the size of the site. Optimization can be done in a number of ways including database optimization, content caching etc.