Topic awaiting preservation: need a good discussion board script in PHP

ok, first of all i know there are sites like hotscripts etc. but most of the boards there are featuring several sections and require mysql etc.

my needs arent that high. i only need a list of threads where anyone (no registering) can post replies. so only one forum, not the complete board with sections etc. if possible no db, only flat data files.

btw: how do i create a new file dynamically using php?

I've heard vBulletin is pretty good. Never tried it, though.

thanks, pugzly, but it's not exactly what im searching for.
(mysql, commercial, and tooo much extra features)

as far as I remember, try fopen. with a r+ parameter. but I'm not 100% on this. read the manual :-)

yours,

Tyberius Prime

Hmm, no sections? no registering?

What about a guestbook script?

thanks, tiberius. it worked!

good idea, u-neek!
of course, replying should be possible.
know a good one for me?

GRUMBLE, you really should have visited HotScripts... Here's the list of boards that don't require MySQL database and you can probably find something that you can use:

• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/5301.html
• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/9204.html
• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/12641.html
• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/10542.html
• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/11125.html

I wrote about the simplest message board you can get at http://www.coffman.umn.edu/earth/discussion.php.

Sadly there haven't been any posts to speak of (because the client is good at brainstorming, but not promotion). I threw this together in one day, so it is about as barebones as it gets. Unfortunately it uses MySQL, but it may be possible to convert it to flat file form without too much trouble. Check the code at http://www.coffman.umn.edu/earth/emboard.txt .

BTW, feel free to post a message on the live board... no one is looking at it anyway, and I can delete the post later.

-jiblet

uhhhh. thanks everybody for the help!
after all i learned a lot and wrote the script myself. didnt think that it could be so easy! but with php...

here it is:
www.wapod.com/~grumble/test/content.php
www.wapod.com/~grumble/test/content.txt