Tag search, calculating popularity, random widget

Are these things done in php & mysql?

[webjourneyman]

I would like customers to be able to define the type of widgets they are looking for by marking off a checklist.
Each item would have a photo and be tagged in the DB beforehand with relevant features.

I´d like the results to show a linked picture of the best mach, followed by textlinks to the runner ups.

I´d like the software to calculate what widget is most popular by how many clicks it recieves and display a linked picture automaticly on the first page above the checklist.

Alternatively I´d like a random linked picture displayed there every time the site is visited.

Is this something I would/should/could use php & mysql to do?

Thanks in advance from an absolute php beginner.

[webjourneyman]

Am I asking to general a question?

I´ve heard that most everything can be done in PHP but I thought it best to ask first.

I´m not asking how this is done only if it can be done.

Anyone?

[jatar_k]

>> Is this something I would/should/could use php & mysql to do?

it can definitely be done with php/mysql

[webjourneyman]

Thanks, I´ve been doing some research and most recomend that I take a look at open source galleries such as coppermine and see if I can work with that.
If anyone has their favorite php based open source gallery I´d like very much to hear about it.

[jatar_k]

from what I have heard this is the best one
[gallery.menalto.com...]

but you might find that it is overkill for what you are trying to do. It may be difficult to integrate into an existing ecomm system.

[webjourneyman]

Thanks