been awhile ppl's. i have a few questions that i need answering. i have an idea for a new website i thought of a few days ago..... this website will contain a numerous amount of videos, user accounts, and i guess you can say everything what youtube has on there website in the future. php probably has a lot to do with what i'm talking about. my question is,i know that there is a good amount of video tutorial's out there but i don't know which ones are good of what i am talking about. i guess you can say the whole ball of wax, as far as creating the entire website sort of like youtube. the guys that created youtube must have only taken 4 weeks to complete, might take me a lil longer since i don't know much about this stuff, hehe. if someone could point me in the right direction. it would be much appreciated.
You must be professional programmer to create such powerful website. You should try to do easier things.
thanks, but no thanks for the discouragement. i take negativity and you use it as motivation. so i will figure it out. i believe in myself and my idea. i'm still looking for some help though, that's why i came to this board. any directions from what i said in my 1st post is helpful.
Hey there, first let me say that I also disagree with what @netload said, but not entirely, I support your decision, only if you have strong belief in yourself and the will to not give up when some things will get "rough". Moving on to your question and suggestions... 1. You need to learn some basic PHP coding knowledge. Get a book, for example: http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224738 (havent really tested it, just assume its okay), doesn't really matter if its awesome or just good, it will get you started with coding in PHP. ( Shouldnt say this but, if you are having hard time buying it, just search online for free downloads, or send me a PM and I'll help you get it ) Also, you need to get some basic knowledge of MySQL, which is a database engine, PHP itself wont/cant give you all the features your site needs. 2. After you've gained some basic skills, its time to plan your website, this is important so don't underestimate this one, get a pen and some paper, draw the design of your site, write down features you want and describe them in detail. This will greatly increase your productivity and will give you smaller goals for development in the next step... 3. Now that you have planned everything and have learned some basics, I would go straight to coding your website and learn while you are doing it... For example, you are stuck not knowing how to replace a word in a string... And you do a search on Google: "php replace word in string". You get the idea... Just learn how to use Google and http://php.net/ online manual/reference Also, don't forget about that MySQL, use a tool called "PhpMyAdmin", which will help you setup a database with tables. Hope this helpful
As you think PHP is not good enough to complete your requirements. You can use PHP for its frond-end needs. But user may upload any kind of video formates, that has to be converted into a common format. You have to use "C" or "C++" for this back-end video conversion process, not only that you should have few strong dedicated servers to complete the needs. So think twice before you try something...
The original version of YouTube was (supposidly) built using PHP (but not anymore). My recommendation tho would be to look at some PHP frameworks. They can save you lots of time and help to give your site a clean structure you can build on top of. Some popular ones include: CakePHP, Zend Framework and Code Igniter (but there are lots more around online). Websites without a clear design then PHP files can quickly turn into a mish-mash of PHP/SQL/HTML/JavaScript all randomly intertwined.
Surprise, Surprise! To create a new YouTube... it's not so hard at all. The basics of YouTube are few PHP lines and if have a server where you can istall FFMPEG with all the necessary plugins... it will be more than easy and not for super-mega-expert coders.