I haven't been using MySQL for that long and typically it's just a one-table type of ordeal. Now, however, I have a project that requires experience I don't have just yet.

The script is a mini client upload management system where the admin uploads a file to a user's directory. That's pretty simple if there is one user.

I have multiple users in which I have to create multiple directories for and upload files into their directories. Each upload will put a new directory inside their user folder (which the dir will be named after the auto-increment ID of the row itself).

I am really confused at how to do this.

I have one table setup "storage" for all the users and their files but that can't be right. I wouldn't be able to auto-id every upload to each user specifically this way. I want every user to start with row 1, 2, 3, etc.

I guess that's pretty much the question. How would I go about doing this? I know this may seem confusing or vague but I'm just that new at this :)

In reply to OT: planning out mysql structure by Anonymous Monk

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