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ITX2000
Remote hosts and web servers
Week 6 – CW1
Prof. Xiaohong (Sharon) Gao
Room: T125
Ext: 12252
Email: [email protected]
Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/php
ITX2000 Course work: Course Work 1(50% marks)
Task
 Installing XAMPP software in a USB stick
 creating a personal web page to describe your birthplace,
 including photos to highlight the landmarks of this
 country/city/town/village
 This web page allows a feedback form, so that viewers can send their
comments no your webpage or to make recommendations
 , i.e., a guest book.
a. Use Apache HTTP server
 b. Use Mysql to provide the comments database
 c. Create a database/table to retain/save users’ comments.
 d. Use PHP language to realise client- server communication

Example -1:
Example -2
Step 1 – Start Apache
Step 2 – Start MySQL
Step 3 – create a table of guestbook
mysql> use test;
//select a database, e.g., ‘test’;
Step 4 – web interface with PHP
- Three PHP files are needed.
1. guestbook.php
2. add-guestbook.php
3. view-guestbook.php
Webpage – hometown.htm
<html>
<body>
<font color = 'RED'>
<h1> Introduction to My Home Town </h1>
</font>
<p> I was born in <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China'><b> China.</b> </a> </P>
<p> <a href='guestbook.php'> GuestBook (send your comments here.) </a> </p>
This is the China map.
<br>
<img src='mdx-logo.jpg'>
</body>
</html>
Step 5 – web interface of guestbook.php
<html>
<body>
<h1> My Hometown Guestbook </p>
<form action=“add-guestbook.php" method="post">
Name: <input type = "text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type = "text" name="email"><br>
Comments: <input type = "text“ name="comments"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Step 6 – Add-guestbook data to MySQL table
<?php
$host="localhost";
$username="root";
$password="";
$db_name="test";
$tbl_name="guestbook";
// Host name
// Mysql username
// Mysql password
// Database name
// Table name
mysql_connect ("$host", "$username", "$password“) or die ("cannot connect server ");
mysql_select_db ("$db_name") or die ("cannot select DB");
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$comments = $_POST["comments"];
$sql="INSERT INTO guestbook VALUES ('$name', '$email', '$comments')";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
if($result){
echo "Successful“ . "<BR>";
echo "<a href='view-guest.php'>View guestbook</a>"; // link to view guestbook page
}
mysql_close();
?>
Step 6 – view-guestbook.php
<?php
$host= "localhost";
$user = "root";
$passwd = "";
$database = "test";
$tbl_name = "guestbook";
mysql_connect ($host, $user, $passwd) or die("cannot connect server ");
mysql_select_db( $database) or die("cannot select DB");
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tbl_name");
while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo $rows['name'] . " “ .$rows['Email'] . " “ . $rows['comments'] . "<br>";
}
mysql_close();
//close databass
?>
Summary

Start working on course work 1.
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