I am trying to broaden my web design knowledge. At the moment I am trying to build a data-driven site that is similar to yell.com or autotrader i.e. input information click search and the site is then updated with information from a database, would PHP and MySQL be enough or is there a simpler way (without paying someone) to do it?

 

I have PHP and MySQL locally and using Dreamweaver to design the page layouts

 

Thanks

You are going to really struggle to build something anything like Yell.com or Autotrader at a beginners level mate - these sites have teams of experienced designers and developers working on them.

 

Maybe set your sights a bit lower and have a crack at some MySQL & Php tutorials and possibly look into building your own CMS or something

Thanks. I wasn't planning on a massive site just something simple to get used to it

I would advise trying some stuff out from http://www.tizag.com/ and http://www.w3schools.com/ to learn more about HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL.