Open Source Server Side Scripting ECA 236 Open Source Server Side Scripting Installation and Testing

Open Source Server Side Scripting 2 ECA 236 PHP / MySQL / Server Local Browser Remote Server PHP engine.php Request Response MySQL DB.html SQL results

Open Source Server Side Scripting 3 ECA 236 MySQL  database of choice for majority of PHP users  efficiency and ease of use  free  runs on multiple platforms  documentation  software consists of 3 pieces  MySQL server  MySQL monitor  numerous utilities

Open Source Server Side Scripting 4 ECA 236 Installing MySQL  MySQL version 5.0, distributed by MySQL AB   dev.mysql.com/downloads  Current Release  Windows Downloads  Windows Essentials: contains essential elements to run MySQL on Windows  Extract files, double click setup.exe  Install MySQL, noting any relevant information  To start MySQL navigate to C:\mysqlbin or C:\Program Files\MYSQL\  Double click WinMySQLadmin to start MySQL server with GUI interface

Open Source Server Side Scripting 5 ECA 236 PATH  Start  R click My Computer L click Properties  Advanced  Environment Variables  Path  Edit  Add C:\mysql\bin or proper path

Open Source Server Side Scripting 6 ECA 236 Testing MySQL  Using the command line  Open Command Prompt  Change Directory to c:\mysql\bin unless PATH has been changed  if mysql was installed as a service, it is already running in the background  otherwise, type mysqld to start the server  Create a test Database  mysql monitor: type mysql  at this point, all commands must end with a ;

Open Source Server Side Scripting 7 ECA 236 Testing MySQL cont … testDB test_table test_idtest_note 1This is note 1 99And another note 13And yet another

Open Source Server Side Scripting 8 ECA 236 Testing MySQL cont …  Type use testDB;  Create a test table: CREATE table test_table (test_id INT, test_note TEXT);  Verify creation of table: SHOW tables;  Verify field names and types: EXPLAIN test_table;

Open Source Server Side Scripting 9 ECA 236 Testing MySQL cont …  Insert a row: INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (‘1’, ‘This is note 1’);  Insert another row: INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (‘99’, ‘And another note’);  Insert one more row: INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (‘13’, ‘And yet another’);  Select data from test_table: SELECT * FROM test_table;  Order by ID: SELECT * FROM test_table ORDER BY test_id DESC;

Open Source Server Side Scripting 10 ECA 236 Installing Xitami  download and install Xitami from my web site  if another web server (such as IIS) is already running, we must change the port from the default of 80 to 88  open xitami.cfg in the C:\Xitami directory  open defaults.cfg  add the following lines to default.cfg: [Server] portbase=8

Open Source Server Side Scripting 11 ECA 236 Installing Xitami cont …  Start Xitami (green icon in taskbar)  Point your browser to  Bookmark this page in Favorites  Links  All web pages must be stored in the webpages folder of Xitami, or its subfolders

Open Source Server Side Scripting 12 ECA 236 Installing PHP 5. x. x  Current version is PHP version 5.x.x   Download Windows Binaries  PHP 5.x.x zip package  Create a directory named C:\php  Extract files to this directory  resave a copy of php.ini-recommended to php.ini  open php.ini uncomment extension=php_mysql.dll (app. line 657)  Set PATH  C:\php\bin C:\php\ext  Restart computer

Open Source Server Side Scripting 13 ECA 236 Installing PHP  If you want to install an earlier version of PHP   Download Windows Binaries  PHP installer  Extract files  follow directions  set PATH

Open Source Server Side Scripting 14 ECA 236 Testing PHP  Xitami  make config changes to defaults.cfg or defaults.aut if necessary  In defaults.cfg add: [Filter].php=c:\php\ php.exe  All php files must be run from C:\Xitami\webpages directory  Access server through localhost:88 or :88  When typing in URL, do not add “webpages” to URL

Open Source Server Side Scripting 15 ECA 236 Testing PHP cont …  In php.ini, set cgi.force_redirect to 0 make sure it is not commented out with a semicolon  In a text editor create an HTML document with the following code in the  Name it phpinfo.php, save in C:\Xitami\webpages  Run it: