Zhyrios Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 i'm just having a little bit of a play around making a browser-based text RPG with PHP and mySQL. But when it comes to creating a system where a player can view their inventory, and for that matter -have- items. i just don't know where to begin. Would i make a seperate database for inventories and have each column in the database be a different inventory slot and then have the value in that field be in reference to an item? like 1 = potion, 2= ether, etc? with a large amount of items and inventory space for each player i don't want to get started down a long road on the wrong path. To reiterate, I'm not asking for the code specifically i'm just asking what way I would go about it. What would be the simplest, least headachey method of such a system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmola Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 It's a non-trivial schema, but in general terms, I'd recommend a standard normalized relational database design. -items table (one row for each possible item) -worldItem (a row for an item that actually exists in the world) -player (row per player) -playerWorldItem (relates a worldItem to a player/slot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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