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So I have a lot of experience with PHP, MYSQL, and HTML and I want to program a php game! I have never done this before and there are not many tutorials on it. I'm wondering what type of game/genre you can make fairly simply with PHP and MYSQL.

Any suggestions/help would be immensely appreciated!

P.M. me if you want to help with the project or have any ideas!
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There aren't many tutorials because it isn't really possible. PHP is a server-side scripting language. What does this mean? It does all of its work before you even see the page load. You couldn't possible make even a slightly complex game with it.

If you want to make games to play online, look into Flash or Java.
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Dicax wrote There aren't many tutorials because it isn't really possible. PHP is a server-side scripting language. What does this mean? It does all of its work before you even see the page load. You couldn't possible make even a slightly complex game with it.

If you want to make games to play online, look into Flash or Java.

Could you possibly make a simulation game? Or a trading one?
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TTGsmurphs wrote
Dicax wrote There aren't many tutorials because it isn't really possible. PHP is a server-side scripting language. What does this mean? It does all of its work before you even see the page load. You couldn't possible make even a slightly complex game with it.

If you want to make games to play online, look into Flash or Java.

Could you possibly make a simulation game? Or a trading one?


No, not really. Not at all. The closest you could get is using Ajax to make a VERY simple text game, but it wouldn't be good practice and certainly wouldn't be very fun to play.

Like I said, give either Java or Flash a try.
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Dicax wrote
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Dicax wrote There aren't many tutorials because it isn't really possible. PHP is a server-side scripting language. What does this mean? It does all of its work before you even see the page load. You couldn't possible make even a slightly complex game with it.

If you want to make games to play online, look into Flash or Java.

Could you possibly make a simulation game? Or a trading one?


No, not really. Not at all. The closest you could get is using Ajax to make a VERY simple text game, but it wouldn't be good practice and certainly wouldn't be very fun to play.

Like I said, give either Java or Flash a try.

Alright thanks...
I didn't want to get into a project that would be difficult and yield poor results. I appreciate the help and I will look into Java and Flash. Thanks!
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btw the guy up there is wrong, you could make a game kind of like the game mobsters (on facebook) or stuff like that, i have actually been thinking of making one =)
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Agent_Drizzy wrote btw the guy up there is wrong, you could make a game kind of like the game mobsters (on facebook) or stuff like that, i have actually been thinking of making one =)

I used to play that game!!!!! And that's what I was thinking of! Thank you man!
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