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Kristofor Giordano
Kristofor Giordano
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Posted by Kristofor Giordano
Kristofor Giordano
2,471 Points

Creating a test in a web application

I'd like to add a test to my website that is a combination of checkboxes and multiple choice radio buttons. Once the test is complete the user will hit the submit button and an image will be retrieved (corresponding to the test-takers answers). Any advice on how to to do this?

3 Answers

Joel Bell
Joel Bell
8,586 Points
Joel Bell
Joel Bell
8,586 Points

The easy way? Install Wordpress, get Gravity Forms with the quiz add on, Click and drag.

Kristofor Giordano
Kristofor Giordano
2,471 Points
Kristofor Giordano
Kristofor Giordano
2,471 Points

Thanks. Maybe... but is there another way to do it with php?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

You can of course write most any web application with PHP, provided you know how.

Basically you would ...

  • HTML for the forms
    • radio buttons, check boxes and what not
  • MySQL to store the questions & answers
  • For the programming logic PHP
    • Determine what questions to ask
    • In which order
    • Get the question data out of the database
    • Put the answers into the database
    • Calculate the score and present the image