The American Lives Project was built using PHP and MySQL. PHP is web-based programming language that allows us to build dynamic websites by drawing information from a database. Scripts written in PHP, in combination with Javascript, power the functionality of the website. The American Lives Project draws its content from a MySQL database stored on the server. This database contains 67 tables with over 35,000 records. Both PHP and MySQL are open-source and freely available from the links below:

If you have specific questions about the technology of the site, please contact the webmaster at amlives@artsci.wustl.edu

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