PHP Intro Lecture Notes PDF

1 Server side basics CS380  URLs and web servers 2 http://server/path/file  Usually when you type a URL in your browser:  Your computer looks up the server's IP address using DNS  Your browser connects to that IP address...

1 Server side basics CS380  URLs and web servers 2 http://server/path/file  Usually when you type a URL in your browser:  Your computer looks up the server's IP address using DNS  Your browser connects to that IP address and requests the given file  The web server software (e.g. Apache) grabs that file from the server's local file system CS380  The server sends back its contents to you  URLs and web servers 3 (cont.) Apache, Websphere SW(Java Servlets, XML Files) Web/Application Server Database  URLs and web servers 4 (cont.) http://www.facebook.com/ home.php  Some URLs actually specify programs that the web server should run, and then send their output back to you as the result:  The above URL tells the server facebook.com to run the program home.php and send back its output CS380  Server-Side web 5 programming  Server-side pages are programs written using one of many web programming languages/frameworks  examples: PHP, Java/JSP, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, Python, Perl CS380  Server-Side web programming 6 (cont.)  Also called server side scripting:  Dynamically edit, change or add any content to a Web page  Respond to user queries or data submitted from HTML forms  Access any data or databases and return the results to a browser  Customize a Web page to make it more useful for individual users  Provide security since your server code cannot be viewed from a browser  Server-Side web programming 7 (cont.)  Web server:  contains software that allows it to run server side programs  sends back their output as responses to web requests  Each language/framework has its pros and cons  we use PHP CS380  What is PHP? 8  PHP stands for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor"  Server-side scripting language  Used to make web pages dynamic:  provide different content depending on context  interface with other services: database, e- mail, etc.  authenticate users  process form information CS380  PHP code can be embedded  Lifecycle of a PHP web 9 request Hello.php Hello world! User’s Server  Why PHP? 10  Free and open source  Compatible  as of November 2006, there were more than 19 million websites (domain nam es) using PHP.  Simple CS380  Hello World! 11 PHP Hello world! output CS380  Viewing PHP output 12 Hello world! 13 PHP Basic Syntax CS380  PHP syntax template 14 HTML content HTML content HTML content... PHP  Contents of a.php file between are executed as PHP code  All other contents are output as pure HTML  We can switch back and forth between HTML and PHP "modes"  Console output: print 15 print "text"; PHP print "Hello, World!\n"; print "Escape \"chars\" are the SAME as in Java!\n"; print "You can have line breaks in a string."; print 'A string can use "single-quotes". It\'s cool!'; PHP Hello world! Escape "chars" are the SAME as in Java! You can have line breaks in a string. A string can use "single-quotes". It's cool! output CS380  Variables 16 $name = expression; PHP $user_name = “mundruid78"; $age = 16; $drinking_age = $age + 5; $this_class_rocks = TRUE; PHP  names are case sensitive  names always begin with $, on both declaration and usage  always implicitly declared by assignment (type is not written)  a loosely typed language (like JavaScript or Python)  Variables 17  basic types: int, float, boolean, string, array, object, NULL  test type of variable with is_type functions, e.g. is_string  gettype function returns a variable's type as a string  PHP converts between types automatically in many cases:  string → int auto-conversion on +  int → float auto-conversion on /  type-cast with (type):  Arithmetic operators 18  + - * / %. ++ --  = += -= *= /= %=.=  many operators auto-convert types: 5 + "7" is 12 CS380  Comments 19 # single-line comment // single-line comment PHP  like Java, but # is also allowed  a lot of PHP code uses # comments instead of // CS380  String Type 20 $favorite_food = "Ethiopian"; print $favorite_food; $favorite_food = $favorite_food. " cuisine"; print $favorite_food; PHP  zero-based indexing using bracket notation  there is no char type; each letter is itself a String  string concatenation operator is. (period), not +  5 + "2 turtle doves" === 7  5. "2 turtle doves" === "52 turtle doves"  can be specified with "" or '' CS380  String Functions 21 # index 0123456789012345 $name = "Stefanie Hatcher"; $length = strlen($name); $cmp = strcmp($name, "Brian Le"); $index = strpos($name, "e"); $first = substr($name, 9, 5); $name = strtoupper($name); PHP CS380  String Functions (cont.) 22 Name Java Equivalent strlen length strpos indexOf substr substring toLowerCase, strtolower, strtoupper toUpperCase trim trim explode, implode split, join strcmp compareTo CS380  Interpreted Strings 23 $age = 16; print "You are ". $age. " years old.\n"; print "You are $age years old.\n"; # You are 16 years old. PHP  strings inside " " are interpreted  variables that appear inside them will have their values inserted into the string  strings inside ' ' are not interpreted: print ' You are $age years old.\n '; # You are $age years old. \n PHP CS380  Interpreted Strings (cont.) 24 print "Today is your $ageth birthday.\n"; # $ageth not found print "Today is your {$age}th birthday.\n"; PHP  if necessary to avoid ambiguity, can enclose variable in {} CS380  Interpreted Strings (cont.) 25 $name = “Xenia"; $name = NULL; if (isset($name)) { print "This line isn't going to be reached.\n"; } PHP  a variable is NULL if  it has not been set to any value (undefined variables)  it has been assigned the constant NULL  it has been deleted using the unset function  can test if a variable is NULL using the CS380 isset function  for loop (same as Java) 26 for (initialization; condition; update) { statements; } PHP for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { print "$i squared is ". $i * $i. ".\n"; } PHP CS380  bool (Boolean) type 27 $feels_like_summer = FALSE; $php_is_great = TRUE; $student_count = 7; $nonzero = (bool) $student_count; # TRUE PHP  the following values are considered to be FALSE (all others are TRUE):  0 and 0.0 (but NOT 0.00 or 0.000)  "", "0", and NULL (includes unset variables)  arrays with 0 elements  FALSE prints as an empty string (no output); TRUE prints as a 1 CS380  if/else statement 28 if (condition) { statements; } elseif (condition) { statements; } else { statements; } PHP CS380  while loop (same as Java) 29 while (condition) { statements; } PHP do { statements; } while (condition); PHP CS380  Math operations 30 $a = 3; $b = 4; $c = sqrt(pow($a, 2) + pow($b, 2)); PHP math functions abs ceil cos floor log log10 max min pow rand round sin sqrt tan math constants M_PI M_E M_LN2 CS380  Int and Float Types 31 $a = 7 / 2; # float: 3.5 $b = (int) $a; # int: 3 $c = round($a); # float: 4.0 $d = "123"; # string: "123" $e = (int) $d; # int: 123 PHP  int for integers and float for reals  division between two int values can produce a float CS380  PHP exercise 1 32  For your first PHP exercise, echo the following statement to the browser: “Twinkle, Twinkle little star.”  Next, create two variables, one for the word “Twinkle” and one for the word “star”. Echo the statement to the browser, this time substituting the variables for the relevant words. Change the value of each variable to whatever you like, and echo the statement a third time. Remember to include code to show CS380  PHP exercise 2 33  PHP includes all the standard arithmetic operators. For this PHP exercise, you will use them along with variables to print equations to the browser. In your script, create the following variables: $x=10; $y=7;  Write code to print out the following: 10 + 7 = 17 10 -7=3 10 * 7 = 70 10 / 7 = 1.4285714285714 10 %7=3  Use numbers only in the above variable assignments, not in the echo statements. CS380  PHP exercise 3 34  Arithmetic-assignment operators perform an arithmetic operation on the variable at the same time as assigning a new value. For this PHP exercise, write a script to reproduce the output below. Manipulate only one variable using no simple arithmetic operators to produce the values given in the statements.  Hint: In the script each statement ends with "Value is now $variable." Value is now 8. Add 2. Value is now 10. Subtract 4. Value is now 6. Multiply by 5. Value is now 30. Divide by 3. Value is now 10. Increment value by one. Value is now 11. Decrement value by one. Value is now 10. CS380  PHP exercise 4 35  When you are writing scripts, you will often need to see exactly what is inside your variables. For this PHP exercise, think of the ways you can do that, then write a script that outputs the following, using the echo statement only for line breaks. string(5) "Harry" Harry int(28) NULL CS380  PHP exercise 5 36  For this PHP exercise, write a script using the following variable: $around="around";  Single quotes and double quotes don't work the same way in PHP. Using single quotes (' ') and the concatenation operator, echo the following to the browser, using the variable you created: What goes around, comes around. CS380  PHP exercise 5 37  In this PHP exercise, you will use a conditional statement to determine what gets printed to the browser. Write a script that gets the current month and prints one of the following responses, depending on whether it's August or not: It's August, so it's really hot. Not August, so at least not in the peak of the heat.  Hint: the function to get the current month is 'date('F', time())' for the month's full CS380  PHP exercise 6 38  Loops are very useful in creating lists and tables. In this PHP exercise, you will use a loop to create a list of equations for squares.  Using a for loop, write a script that will send to the browser a list of squares for the numbers 1-12. Use the format, "1 * 1 = 1", and be sure to include code to print each formula on a different line. CS380  PHP exercise 7 39  HTML tables involve a lot of repetitive coding - a perfect place to use for loops. You can do even more if you nest the for loops.  In this PHP exercise, use two for loops, one nested inside another. Create the following multiplication 1 2 table: 3 4 5 6 7 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 CS380