Building a Web Space Management System - 2

Welcome to part 2 of this build. In part 1 we created a simple login form that authenticates users using server side validations and saw how to redirect the browser to the private area of the website. We also saw how to use sessions and session variables to check whether a user is logged in. Till now, our valid username and password were hard-coded in our PHP script. We will now see how to store credentials...

Readmore...

Building a Web space Management System 1

Hello again. As I explained way back in my very first post I am a Middlesex University student studying for a degree in Internet Application Development. The purpose of this blog has been to share my thoughts and experiences on the practical work I've been carrying out during this course. During my next few posts, I will be building a small Web space management System using PHP. Task DefinitionThe...

Readmore...

Server-Side Languages 2 - Basic PHP In my last post, we looked at how to use XAMPP to set up an Apache web-server that includes MySql and PHP. This post will focus on the PHP server-side language itself and how we can use it to generate dynamic web pages. What is PHP? PHP is a free, platform independent scripting language originally developed way back in 1995 specifically for creating dynamic web pages. PHP originally stood for “Personal Home Page”, however it is now widely accepted that PHP is a recursive acronym standing for “PHP: Hypertext...

Readmore...