1. Web Programming Week 4 Old Dominion University
Department of Computer Science
CS 418/518 Fall 2007
Michael L. Nelson
9/17/07

2. HERE document … echo "<title>Go Hokies</title>";
echo "<h1>Hokies rule!</h1>";
echo "<p>";
echo "Frank Beamer is the best coach ever!";
echo "<br>"
echo "VT is going to crush $next_opponent!!!" …
$hokies<<<SOMETOKEN
<title>Go Hokies</title>
<h1>Hokies rule!</h1>
<p
Frank Beamer is the best coach ever!
<br>"
VT is going to crush $next_opponent!!!
SOMETOKEN;
echo $hokies;

3. Neat Usage of HERE <?php … // some code to assemble $header_message
// lots of code to assemble $main_message
// some code to assemble $footer_message
echo $header_message;
echo $main_message;
echo $footer_message;
?>

4. Tables Season Record (W-L) <table> <tr>
<th>Season</th>
<th>Record (W-L)</th>
</tr>
<td>1993</td>
<td>9-3</td>
<td>1994</td>
<td>8-4</td> …
<td>2005</td>
<td>11-2</td>
</table>
Season
Record (W-L)
1993
9-3
1994
8-4
1995
10-2
1996
1997
7-5
1998
1999
11-1
2000
2001
2002
10-4
2003
8-5
2004
10-3
2005
11-2

5. Forms
<a href="url2?var1=a&var2=b">click me</a>
URL1
URL2

6. Single URL, Run-time Inclusion
<?php …
if ($_REQUEST['action'] == "edit") {
require "edit.php";
}elsif ($_REQUEST['action'] == "add") {
require "add.php";
}elsif ($_REQUEST['action'] == "delete") {
require "delete.php";
} else {
require "initialpage.php"; }
?>
URL1
<form action="url1" method=post> …
<input type=radio name=action value=edit>
<input type=radio name=action value=add>
<input type=radio name=action value=delete>
</form>
<?php
if ($_REQUEST['action'] == "") {
require "initialpage.php";
} else {
require $_REQUEST['action'] . "php" or die "unknown action!"; }
?>