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PHP and the Current State of ITS Web Application Engines

Penn State Web 2005 Conference tutorial and lecture session by Jeff D'Angelo, Systems Analyst/Programmer, ITS

Presentation dates

• Pre-conference Tutorial: Information Science and Technology (IST) building, Room 203, 8 AM - 12 Noon. 4 hour lecture and hands-on laboratory

• Conference Session: The Penn Stater Conference Hotel, Room 108, Break-Out Session 2 (11 - 12 AM), Penn State Systems and Services track. 1 hour lecture

  Both presentations will be on the same content.

Topics

• Errata - Corrections and updates since the presentations (updated Thu Dec 3, 2020, 4:58:40 PM).

1. What this session covers
2. Tips on how to take this course
3. The basic "What?"s - PHP and server-side programming
4.  Penn State ITS/ASET Web services - What do we provide? What is planned?
5. Your first PHP script - how to invoke php.scripts.psu.edu; from HTML to PHP
6. The PHP language in a nutshell - general language syntax, semantics, intro to programming, references
7. Learning about server capabilities
8. Basic Web form
9. The POST method
10. Email Form
11. Saving Data Server-Side
    • file storage
    • SQLite
    • tips using remote databases
12. Saving Data Client-Side
    • Passing State via Parameters
    • Cookie Management
    • Sessions Management
13. Security Controls - Identity management, authentication, authorization

14. Practical lessons

    •  Using Penn State WebAccess Authentication
    •  Using the Penn State Directory (LDAP)
    •  Penn State WebAccess and Directory Enabled Applications

15. Going From Here

Resources:

• How to view HTML source
• How to view PHP source
• How to copy/paste, edit and save a Web page online
• How to rename files on the server
• How to show filename extensions
• Glossary

References:

• References

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Content by: Jeff D'Angelo <jcd@psu.edu> © 2005 See the source for this page Last update on: Thu Dec 3, 2020, 4:58:40 PM