how to create a chatting forum

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How are you all of u i am your new user i heard about this forums, that it replies very fast so now i will come to my problem i want to build a chatting forum in php like this one is for this thing i need your help because this my first experenice in it therefore i dont know how to start it. i think your guide line help me alot. so tell me what the 1st thing i make to bulid a forum. i think you can understand what i want to know from you peoples....

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Have you considered downloading and installing an existing forum? I've found phpbb to be pretty good, though not as full-featured as the forum here (which I believe costs money). There's another thread around here somewhere directed toward somebody who wanted to build his own forums, and the concensus among the experienced developers was that he shouldn't bother reinventing the wheel.

Especially if you are, as you say, just beginning...
I don't think anyone is really looking for a square wheel when there are perfectly good round ones, with tires and brakes, available.. :-)

Well thank you very much for a good reply but i want to bulid mine own one because i am learning php and you can say it is my assignment to bluid a complete chatting forum well it is open to take help from any one therefore me come here to get knowledge from you people and i hope you will help me so can u help me?

Hello i am not the just begner i have to how know abt the php so u kindly help me..
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For a very basic forum check out www.webmonkey.com and look in their php section. Its hideous, uses register globals and wouldn't exactly be great to build on but will give you a good start at least.

-KM-

Yeah, as kode_monkey suggests, you should look into an existing tutorial rather than asking an individual to help. Nobody's got time to help you do the work from scratch, but if you take a stab at it after reading a tutorial, there are plenty of us who would be glad to help out with a few specific problems.

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Thank you to inform me abt that i am seeing that site its really seems to be informative i will call u again for help okay i think u be happy in it.. well thank you a lot. for this

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Thank you to advising me, i will contact u when i needed.

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