Php Stuff

So, i trying to learn php first step - find a hosting provider with sufficient privelages/space to play around -in progress-.Anywho, here's what I want to do. Make a database with numerous tables representing 'workshops' - they are 1-2 hour class-like sessions for students to come in and learn job-hunting skills.I want 'students' to be able to go onto the web site and enroll themselves into the workshop - allowing them to disenroll would raise too many security issues. Now, I need it to only be able to enroll if they are a student (check there id number against a seperate table holding student and registered alum_id), if they are not a duplicate entry (check to see if id already in workshop table), they are infact a student (compare id_num/name must match those in the master list), and the workshop is not full (check how many records in workshop table).I know html, a little php, and I know SQL (not MySQL commands though).

this sounds interestinghave you looked into different cms made for this purpose?there should bo something made for just this.

i'm presuming you mean common management system - cms is a rather common acronym.

in which case, yes i have. I've considered going through our campus web portal, but this several unique problems. But, this brings problems of it's own. One is the inaccessibility that comes with using it. Also, it places control out of my hands, and into very unreliable ones - our central technology staff is somewhat - incompetent. so, i'm really avoiding that step. All other alternatives seem out-of-budget. I would particularly like to go with Macomedia Breeze, but this is quite excessive.

anyway
you understood "for this purpose"
did you take a look here?
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

or do you insist doing the coding?

I would be interested in a system like this myself
im looking for posibilities regarding
web/education/lotsofInformation/users/takeaPart/andImages