[frapbot]

This is basically what I have to accomplish:

Take a CSV file containing logs and crawl through it. Log snippets should be linked to specific links (in this case, solutions). Generate an output (another csv with the links added).

[LarryMade2]

So the project entails specifically this, beyond just learning LAMP, this will help you focus on your PHP research:

> Take a CSV file containing logs and crawl through it.

google this: PHP parse Log Files

> Log snippets should be linked to specific links (in this case, solutions)

so you need to use Regex (probably using preg_match()) to locate certain string occurrences in the log file and use a look-up table of solutions (if it is small could be a hard coded array, if it is big probably a MySQL Table.)

> generate output

either echo results enclosed in <pre> tags with or with appropriate header() options...

That's it basically. Good Luck