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I am trying to get deeper into the PHP and improve my scripting skills so that I can develop better websites that are not mere static pieces of content but interactive applications as well. One problem I recently ran into was the need of simplifying the process of link building. In a normal website, each time you have to create a link to an internal page, you will have to type the relative or absolute address of that page. It is fine but I need to simplify the process.If you have edited a wikipedia article, you might know how they have simplified the process of link building to internal pages. Instead of typing <a href="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Page</a>, all you have to do is to type [exmaple page] and the script automatically searches the database for the page title "example page" and creates a link to it. I am really impressed with this method and I think it can make my life as a webmaster pretty easier, as I am a bit lazy.I have some basic knowledge of php including how to interact with a mysql database. I also know the basics of object oriented programming and can use it to achieve simple tasks. All I need to know is where to start. An alternate way of knowing where to start might be to do a bit of googling on the subject and probably I would find useful information but I am trying to do it this way so that I can discuss my specifics here.