PHP/SQL Activity/News Feed a.k.a Recent Activity Feed

Question

I need to learn how to create a well-designed PHP "recent activity" feed which displays the recent activity of users on the site along with their username, activity, and how long ago they performed that action/activity. I have no progress so far, any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

This is not just a PHP specific problem. Take a look at this to understand about the architecture of Activity Feeds.

Also, my suggestion is that activity feeds can be better implemented in PHP using NoSQL based database solutions (like MongoDB, CouchDB) rather than using MySQL.