Inventory php web based system

[clivebuckwheat]

Anyone know of a good one to use?

[ripken204]

it really depends on what you mean by inventory.

whatever your company has will drastically vary from another company so it is hard to find one script that will work for many people.

if you could give a better explanation of what type of items you need stored and what you want to do with them, then we can better help you out.

have you thought about writing your own inventory script?

[clivebuckwheat]

We are a school, and we need it to inventory old and new computer equipment, coming in and going out.

I do not know php, so I cannot write my own script, but if someone could point me in the right direction and suggest one I'd greatly appreciate it.

We would need

inventory number

serial number

model of equipment

hard drive size

ram

basically all the tech info, so we can inventory what is going out, and what is new coming in.

Edited November 26, 2008 by clivebuckwheat

[ripken204]

ah well i would have to say to use some custom scripting then, it wouldn't be all that hard to do.

i would easily be able to set that up but that's me.

you would need to know php and mysql, but honestly, if you don't have any coding experience then don't expect trying to learn it in a short time.

if you do have coding experience, such as JAVA or C++ then it is worth a shot.

the php and mysql sites have plenty of documentation and tutorials that can help you out.

[Tripredacus]

I recommend first that you read and understand MySQL (or MSSQL) table structure. Then figure out all the tables you will need and pre-design them. And make sure you have your database all figured out BEFORE you go about creating any of it, or the PHP code to handle it.

Alternatively, you could look into trying out Altiris Inventory Solution, which can log all this stuff for you, and its front end is a website anyways.

http://www.symantec.com/business/inventory-solution