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June 22, 2014

INTERFACE INFORMATICS
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HTML NOTES
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML):- It is the main markup language for creating WEB
pages and other information that can be displayed in a WEB browser like Internet Explorer. The
purpose of a web browser is to read HTML documents and compose them into visible or audible web
pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the
page. In the name Hypertext Markup Language, Hypertext refers to the fact that HTML allows you to
create links that allow visitors to move from one page to another quickly and easily. A Markup
Language allows you to annotate text and these annotations provide additional meaning to the
contents of a document.

HTML code is made up of characters that live inside angled brackets (< and >) and these are called
HTML elements. HTML elements are made up of two tags: an opening tag and a closing tag (The
closing tag has an extra forward slash in it). Each HTML element tells the browser something about
the information that sits between its opening and closing tags. HTML tags commonly come in pairs
like <h1> (opening tag) and </h1> (closing tag), although some tags, known as empty elements, are
unpaired, for ex: <br/>. Attributes provide additional information about the contents of an element.
They appear on the opening tag of the element and are made up of two parts: a name and a value
separated by an equals sign. Attribute name indicates what king of extra information you are
supplying about the elements content. It should be written in lowercase. The value is the
information or setting for the attribute. It should be placed in double quotes. Different attributes can
have different values.

HTML elements from the building blocks of all websites. HTML allows images and objects to be
embedded and can be used to create interactive forms. It provides a means to create structured
documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as heading, paragraphs, lists, links, quotes
and other items. It can embed scripts written in languages such as JAVA Script which affect the
behavior of HTML web pages.

Web browsers can also refer to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to define the appearance and layout of
text and other material. The W3C, maintainer of both the HTML and the CSS standards, encourages
the use of CSS over explicit presentational HTML markup

HTML 5
HTML 5 is a cooperation between the World Wide Web consortium (W3C) and the web Hypertext
Application Technology Working group (WHATWG). WHATWG was working with web forms and
applications, and W3C was working with XHTML 2.0. In 2006, they decided to cooperate and create a
new versions of HTML.

Same rules for HTMLS were established:

 New features should be based on HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript

 Reduces the need for external plugin INS (like Flash)

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 Better error handling

 More markup to replace scripting
 HTML5 should be device independent.
 The development process should be visible to the public

DOCTYPE declaration at the top of HTML document specifies the type of document and this
document type declaration is required in XML documents. But in HTML it is optional. It is not a HTML
element. Syntax for doctype declaration in HTML 5 is <Doctype html>

BASIC TAGS OF HTML

<html></html> HTML documents must start with <html> tag and must end with </html> tag.

Used to provide a title for the document, define java script and CSS required for the page and Meta
data of the page.

Used to define for the page that will be displayed in title bar of the browser while accessing the
page. It must be inside the <head>element.

<Script></script> Used to define java script functions required for the page.

<no script></no script>

The <no script> tag is used to provide an alternate content for users that have disabled scripts in
their browser or have a browser that doesn’t support client-side scripting. The <no script> elements
can contain all the elements that you can find inside the <body> element of a normal HTML page.
The content inside the <no script> element will only be displayed if scripts are not supported, or are
disabled in the user’s browser.

<Style></style> Used to define CSS styles required for the page. It must be inside the <head>
element.

<Link></link> the </link> tag defines the relationship between a document and an external
resources. The <link> tag is most used to link to style sheets. The <link> element is an empty
element, it contains attributes only. This element goes only in the head section, but it can appear
any number of images.

The following statement provide author name of the page

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<Meta name=”author” content=”Suresh”/>

The following statement provides description of the page

<Meta name=”description” content=”This is Interface Technologies Home page”/>

The following statements provides keywords for the page that will be used by search engines to find
your page

<meta name=”keyword” content=”Interface technologies,.Net java Oracle”/>

The following statement makes the pages refresh for every 30 seconds

<Meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”30”?>

<Body></body> Used to specify the actual content to display on the page

Creating HTML Page

To creating a HTML page you can use any text editor like notepad, WordPad and MS word. After
writing required HTML code for your page in any text editor save it with extension .html or .htm. To
browse your page open a browser and request for your page by specifying the complete path of
HTML page.

Example: The following example creates HTML page with basic HTML tags
<!doctype html>

<Html>

<Head>

<Title> interface informatics </title>

</head>

<Body>

This is body of the page that will be displayed within the main area of the browser

</body>

</html>

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Formatting Tags of HTML

<p></P> Used to create a paragraph

<b></b> Used to make the text bold

<i></i> Used to make the text italic

<u></u> Used to make the text underlined (this element was phased out)

<Center></center> Used to make the text center aligned (Not Supported HTML 5)

<Sup></sup> Used to make the text super script

<Sub></sub> Used to make the sub script

<br> Used to create a line break

<hr> Used to create a horizontal ruler

<Strong></strong> Used to indicate the text has strong importance and browsers will show the
contents of <strong> element in bold

<big></big> Used to make the text larger (Not Supported in HTML 5)

<Small></small> Used to text smaller

<em></em> Used to indicate emphasis that subtly changes the meaning of a sentence
and browsers will show the contents of <em> element in italic.

<abbr></abbr> Used to provide an Abbreviation or acronym. In HTML 4 a separate

<acronym> element is used for acronym. But HTML 5 uses <abbr> element
for both abbreviation and acronym. Both have title attribute to provide the
full term

<cite></cite> cite tags defines a citation and displaying in italics.

<address></address> U sed to provide address of a person or office.

<ins></ins> Used to show the content that has been inserted into document.

<del></del> Used to show the text that has been deleted from the document.

<s></s> Used to indicate something that is no longer accurate or relevant but that
should not be deleted. Content of <s> element will usually be displayed with
a line through the center.

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<h6></h6> Used create headings and<h1> element will provide the heading with large
font and<h6> element with very small font.

<code></code> Used to specify the code of a program

<samp></samp> Used to indicate sample output of a program

<kbd></kbd> Used to indicate keyboard input for a program

<var></var> Used to indicate Variable in a program

<bdo></bdo> Use to specify the text direction full form of bdo is Bi Directional Override

<bdo dir=”rtl”> This Text will be Displayed from Right to Left </bdo>

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create paragraphs and use <hr/> element.

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<p> this is First paragraph </p>

</hr>

<p> This is Second paragraph </p>

<</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates the <b>, <i>, <u>, <sup> and <sub> elements.
<! Doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<h1> This is heading level 1 </h1>

<h2> This is heading level 2 </h2>

<h3> This is heading level 3 </h3>

<h4> This is heading level 4 </h4>

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<h5> This is heading level 5</h5>

<h6>This is heading level</h6>

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates<ins>, <del> and <s> elements

<! Doctype html>

<html>

<body>

This book was <del> bad </del> <ins> Good </lins>

<h2> Sony laptop </h2>

<actual price <s> 45000</s></br>

But Now Only 40000

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates <abbr> and <acronym> elements

<! doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<abbr title=””professor”> prof </abbr> <br/><br/>

<acronym title=”common Language Runtime”> CLR</acronym>

</body>

</html>

Creating Lists in HTML

HTML supports 4 types of lists, Ordered Lists, Un ordered Lists, Definition Lists and Directory lists

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Ordered Lists
Ordered lists are the list of items with numbering. To create ordered lists use <ol></ol> element.
This element has the attribute type of numbering and it has the possible values 1, A,a,l, and i. it has
another attributes start to specify where to start numbering. In HTML 5 this elements has a new
attribute reversed and when it is set to “reversed” then numbering will be given in descending
order. Inside the <ol> element use <li> element to create list of items.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create ordered lists

<! doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<ol>

<li> items </li>

<li> items 2 </i>

<li> items 3 </li>

</ol>

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates nesting ordered lists

<! doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<ol>

<li> subitem1</li>

<li> subitem2</li>

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<li>subitem3</li>

</ol>

</ol>

</body>

</html>

Unordered Lists
Un Ordered lists are the of item with bullets. To create unordered lists use <ul></ul> element. This
element has the attribute type to specify the type of bullets and it has the possible values Circles,
Square and disc. Inside the <ul> element use <li> element to create list of items

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create unordered lists

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<ul>

</ul>

</body>

Example: The following example demonstrate nesting Unordered lists

<! doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<ul>

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</ul>

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrate nesting of ordered and Unordered lists

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<ul>

<li> subitem</li>

<li>subitem</li>

</ol>

</ul>

</body>

</html>

Definition list
Definition list ids used to provide a list of definitions and use <dl> element to create definition list.
Within the element<dl> use the element <dt> to specify the definition term and the element <dd> to
provide definition for the term.

EXAMPLE: the following demonstration how to create definition list

<! doctype html>

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<html>

<body>

<dl>

<dd>ASP.Net is one of the languages provided by Microsoft in .Net</dd>

<dd>ASO.Net is a technology in .Net for developing web applications</dd>

<dt>SQL Server</dt>

<dd>SQL Server is an RDBMS</dd>

</dl>

</body>

</html>

Directory List: (Not supported in html file)

Directory list is used to create a list of directory list , use <dir> elements and within this use <li>
elements to specify the list.

Example: the following example demonstrates how to create directory list

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<dir>

<li>First </li>

<li>Second</li>

<li>Third</li>

</dir>

</body>

</html>

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Creating Tables in HTML

To creating tables in HTML use <table> element .It has the attribute border to specify width of
border of cell of the table. Within the table to create rows use <tr> element and within the row to
create headings use <th> element and to create data use <td> element. Both <th> and <td> element
support attributes colspan and rowspan to merge the cells horizontal and vertical. To set a caption
for the table use <caption> element immediately next to <table> element.

Example: the following example demonstrates how to create table

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<Caption> student information </caption>

<tr>

<th> Student Id </th>

<th> student Name</th>

<th> Course </th>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

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</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

Example: The Following example demonstrates how to merge cells in the table horizontal using
colspan attribute

<! doctype>

<Html>

<Body>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<th> Monday </th>

<td>Oracle</td>

</tr>

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<tr>

<th>Tuesday</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<th>Wednesday</th>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates how to merge cells in the table vertical using
rowspan attribute.

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

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<th rowspan=”2”>Movie</th>

<th>Comedy Show</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<th>Sports</th>

<th>Current Affairs</th>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

Creating Hyperlinks in HTML

Hyperlinks are used to create links that allow the users to navigate from one page to another. To
create hyperlinks use <a> element. This element has the attribute href to specify the url of the
document to display when user click on that hyperlink. It has the attribute target to specify where to
display the linked document of the hyperlink an it has the possible values _blank to display the
linked document in new window or tab, _top opens the linked document in complete body of the
current window, _parent opens the linked document in parent frame, _self opens the linked
document in same frame or window and specifying a frame name opens the linked document in the
specified frame.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create hyperlinks

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<a herf=”first.html”>First.html</a><br/><br/>

<a herf=”Heading.html”>Heading.html</a><br/><br/>

<a erf=”Table.html”>Table.html</a>

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</body>

</html>

Named Anchors

Named anchors are the anchors that created by specifying a name to it and purpose of named
anchors is to allow the users to navigate to a particular location in a document. To create a named
anchor use name attribute of <a> element. To create a hyperlink to a named anchor for the herf
attribute you have to specify the name if the anchor prefixed with # symbol.

Example : The following example demonstrates how to use named anchors to allow the users to
navigate to a particular location in the document.

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<a herf=”#C1”><h1>Chaoter1</h1></a>

<a herf=”#C2”><h1>Chaoter2</h1></a>

<a herf=”#C3”><h1>Chaoter3</h1></a><br/><br/>

<h1>Chapter1</h1>

<p>Provide some content for chapter1 with 20 to 30 lines </p><br/><br/>

<a herf=”#Top”>Top</a><br/><br/><h1>Chapter2</h1>

<p> Provide some content for chapter2 with 20 to 30 lines </p><br/><br/>

<h1>Chapter3</h1>

<p> Provied some content for chapter3 with 20 to 30 lines </p><br/><br/>

</body>

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</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create hyperlinks from one document to
another to a specific location in the other document.

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<a herf=”NamedAnchors.html#C1”>Chapter1</a><br/><br/>

<a herf=”NamedAnchors.html#C2”>Chapter2</a><br/><br/>

<a herf=”NamedAnchors.html#C3”>Chapter3</a><br/><br/>

</body>

</html>

Displaying Images in HTML

To display images in HTML use <img> element. It has the attribute src to specify the source file from
where you want to display image, alt attribute to specify alternate text to display in the place of
image when browser is unable to display image, title attribute to specify a title for the image that
will be displayed when mouse is placed over the image for few seconds. In HTML 5 related to image
two new elements are provide <figure> and <figcaption> where <figure> is used to contain an image
and <figcaption> is used to provide a caption for the image that will be displayed below the image.
<fighcaption> must be inside the <figure> element.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to display images

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<img src=”e:\image\garden.jpg”alt=”This is a Garden Image”Title=”This is a Garden image”/>

<figcaption>Garden</figcaption>

</figure>

</body>

</html>

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Html provides an element <base> to provide path of a folder from where to take all source set for
images or any other elements like anchor and a common target for all anchors on the page. It must
be within the <head> element.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to use <base> element

<!doctype html>

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<img src=”garden.jpgalt=”This is A Garden Image”Title=”This is A Garden Image”/>

<figcaption>Garden</figcaption>

</figure><br/><br/>

<a herf=”d:\table.html”>Table.Html</a>

</body>

</html>

Example: The following example demonstrates how to make an image as hyperlink

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<a herf=”table.html”><img src=”e:\images\garden.jpg”width=”100”height=”100”/></a>

</body>

</html>

Creating Maps in an Image

You can use <map> element of html to divide the image into different areas and create each
area as a separate hyperlink. Within the <map> element use <area> element to define areas. <img>
element has an attribute usemap to specify name of the map to use for that image.

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Example: The following example demonstrates how to create map for an image.

Create a html file with the name Sin.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Create a html file with the name Mercury.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Create a html file with the name Venus.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Create a html file with the name planet.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

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<p>Click on the sun or on one of the planets to watch it closer:</p>

</map>

</body>

</html>

Run the planet.html that displays the planets image that is divided into three different areas and
clicking on those areas will display the corresponding html page containing html page containing
closer image of sun, mercury and Venus.

Creating Frames in HTML (Not Supported in HTML 5)

HTML frames allow authors to present documents in multiple views, which may be independent
window or sub windows. Multiple views offer designers a way to keep certain information visible,
while other views are scrolled or replaced. For example, within the same window, one frame might
display a static banner, a second a navigation menu, and a third the main document that can be
scrolled through or replaced by navigating in the second frame.

The <frameset> tag defines a frameset. The <frameset> element holds one or more <frame>
elements. Each <frame> element can hold a separate document. The <frameset> element specifies
how many columns or rows there will be in the frameset, and how much percentage/pixels of space
will occupy within that of them.<frame> element has src element to specify the path of html
document to display within that frame.

Use <noframes> element to specify the alternative content to display in the browsers that doesn’t
support frames.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to create frames. This example will divide the
page into 3 frames vertically and displays three different pages within them. To divide the page into
3 frames horizontally use rows attribute instead of cols attribute.

<!doctype html>

<html>

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<noframes> Your Browser Dosen’t Support Frames</noframes>

</frameset>

</html>

Example: The following example divides the page into two frames horizontally and then the
second frame is again divided into two frames vertically.

<!doctype html>

<html>

</frameset>

</html>

Example : The following example creates two frames on the page vertically and within the first
frame displays a page containing hyperlinks and clicking on thses hyperlinks will display the
corresponding document in the second frame.

Create a html page with name limks.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<a href=”venus.html”target=”f1”>venus</a><br/><br/>

</body>

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</html>

Create another html page with the name frames.html as follows

<!doctype html>

<html>

<noframe> Your Browser Doesn’t Support Frames</noframes>

</frameset>

</html>

Run the page frames.html in browser and click on the links available in left hand side frame to
display the corresponding document in the right hand side frame.

Example : The following example demonstrates how to use iframe

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<p> This example demonstrates how to use iframe to display a webpage within another

webpage.</p>

</body>

</html>

Playing Background Sound

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To play a background sound when page is loaded into browser, use <bgsound> element. This
element has the attribute src to specify the audio file to play and loop to specify how many times the
audio has to be repeated.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to play a background sound

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<h1><blink> Interface Technologies</blink></hi>

</body>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Making the Text Scrolling

To make text scrolling, use the element <marquee>. This element has the following attributes.

Direction Used to specify behavior of the marquee and it has the possible values slide,
alternate, right, up, down

Loop Used to specify how many times to repeat the marquee

ScrollDelay Used to specify the delay of scrolling and small value for this will make scrolling fast

Scrollamount Used to specify the amount to scroll at a time. Smaller value make the scrolling
slow.

Example : The following demonstrates how to use <marquee> element

<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<marquee direction=”right”><img src=”dog.gif”/></marquee><br/><br/>

</body>

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</html>

Embedding Audio and Video in HTML

To play audio or video in html, use the element <embed>. It has the attributes src to specify
the audio or video file to play, width and height to specify the width and height for the video or
audio.

Example: The following example demonstrates how to play audio or video using the element
<embed>

<!doctype html>

<html>

<Body>

</body>

</html>

New Elements in HTML 5

HTML 5 introduces the following new elements

Element Description

<article> Defines an article in your document

<aside> Defines content aside from the page content

<audio> Used play an audio file. Currently, there are 3 supported file formats for the <audio>
element: MP3, Wav, and Ogg. Internet explorer 9 and higher versions support only mp3
format, chrome 6 and higher versions support all three formats and firefox 3.6 and
higher versions support Wav and Ogg formats. It has the following attributes.
Attribute Purpose
Src Specifies the URL of the audio file
Autoplay Specifies that the audio will start playing as
Soon as it is ready.
Controls Specifies that audio controls should be Displayed (such as

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a play/pause button etc )

Loop Specifies that the audio will start over again, every time it
is finished
Muted Specifies that the audio output should be muted
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<audio controls>
<source src=”horse.ogg”type=”audio/ogg”>
<source src=”horse.mp3”type=”audio/mpeg”>
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
</body>
</html>

<bdi> Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text
outside it. Full form of it is Bi Directional Isolation. This element is useful when
embedding user-generated content with an unknown directionality.
<canvas> Used to draw graphics, on the fly, using scripting languages like JavaScript. The <canvas>
tag is only a container for graphics, You must use a script to actually draw the graphics.
Any text inside the <canvas> element will be displayed in browser that does not
support<canvas>. It has height and width attributes to specify height and width.
<command> Defines a command button that a user can invoke. Currently this is not supported in any
browser. It has the following important attributes.
Attribute Purpose
Type Specifies the type of command. It has three options checkbox,
command and radio
Radiogrroup Specifies the name of the group of commands that will be
toggled when the command itself is toggled. It applies only for type “radio”
Lable Specifies the name of the command, as shown to the user and
it is compulsory to specify.
Icon Specifies ulr of an image that represents the command
Checked Specifies that the command should be checked when the page
loags. It applies only for type “radio”and “checkbox”
<dialog> Defines a dialog box or a window (supported only in chrome and safari 6)
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<table border=”1”>
<tr>
<th>January<dialog open>This is an open dialog window</dialog></th>
<th>February</th>
<th><March</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>31</td>
<td><28</td>
<td><31</td>
</tr>

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</table>
</body>
</html>

<details> The <details> tag can used to create an interactive widget that the user can open and
close. Any sort of content can be put inside the <details> tag. The <summary> tag is used
to specify a visible heading for the details. The heading can be clicked to view/hide the
details. Supported only in chrome and safari 6
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<details>
<summary>Click Here To Open or Close</summary>
<p>This is a widget created with &It;details> element of html 5 and it works only in
chrome and safari 6</p>
</body>
</html>

<figure> Specifies self-contained content

<figcaption> Defines a caption for a <figure> element

Example :
<!doctype html>

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<html>
<head>
<base herf=”e:\images\”target=”_blank”/>
</head>
<body>
<figure>
<img src=”garden.jpg”alt=”This Is A Garden Image”/>
<figcaption>Garden</figcaption>
</figure><br/><br/>
<a herf=”d:\table.html”>Table.Html<a/>
</body>
</html>

<footer> Defines a footer for a document or section or article

<header> Defines a header for a document or section or article

<hgroup> Groups heading (<h1>to<h6>) elements

<keygen> Defines a key-pair generator field for forms. It has the following attributes. Not
supported in internet explorer
Attribute Purpose
Challenge Specifies that the values of the <keygen> element should be
challenged when submitted
Disabled Specifies that a <keygen> element should be diabled
Keytype Specifies the security algorithm of the key. It has three possible
options rsa, dsa and ec

<mark> Defines marked/highlighted text

Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<p><mark>HTML 5</mark> provide several new features that makes web page
development more flexible</p>
</body>
</html>

<meter> Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge).Not supported in internet
explorer
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>

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<meter value=”4”min=”10”>4 out of 10</meter><br>

<meter value=”0.7”>70%</meter>
</body>
</html>
<nav> Defines navigation links
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<nav>
<a herf=”Area.html”>Area</a>
<a herf=”Sun.html”>Sun</a>
<a herf=”Mercury.html”>Mercury</a>
<a herf=”Venus.html”>Venus</a>
</nav>
</body>
</html>

<output> Defines the result of a calculation. Not supported in internet explorer

<progress> Represents the progress of a task

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Example:
<!doctype>
<html>
<body>
Download Progress:
<progress value=”40” max=”100”>
</progress>
</body>
</html>

<section> Defines a section in a document

<source> Define multiple media resources fo media element (<video> and <audio>)
<summary> Defines visible heading for a <details> element. Supported only in chrome and safari
<time> Define a date/time. Dosen’t render anything special in any browser
<track> Defines text tracks for media elements (<video>and<audio>).Currently not supported
in any browser.
<video> Define a video or movie

Example: The following example demonstrates the use of <video>,<object>and

<embed>elements.

<!Doctype>
<html>
<body>
<video width=”240” controls qutopaly>
<source src=”movie.ogg”type=”video/ogg”>
<source src=”movie.mp4”type=”video/mp4>
<source src=”movie.webm” type=”video/webm”>
<object data=”movie.mp4” width=”320” height=”240”>
<embed width=”320” height=”240” src=”movie.swf”>
</object>
</video>
</body>
</html>
Creating Controls in HTML 5
Controls are used to accept input from user and provide output to the user.HTML provides elements
for creating controls in HTML pages and they are as follows.

<Form> element
This element is used to create a form on html page, which is a logical grouping of controls
available on the page. It has the attribute name to provide a name to the form, action attribute to
specify the page to which the data of current page has to be submitted and method attribute to
specify which method to use for submitting this page to server.

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<Input> Element
This element is used to create textbox, password, checkbox, radio button, submit button, reset
button and file upload controls. It has an attribute type to specify the type of control you want to
create. It has the attribute name to provide a name to the control. Various values for the attribute
and the controls created for that type are as follows.

Type Control
Text Textbox and it can be used to accept or display almost any type of data except images and
audio and video. It has value attribute to provide a default value for it.
Password Textbox that accepts password. The data in this control will not be displayed as it is and
displayed as either* or. It has value attribute to provide a default value for it.
Button Button and you have to write your own code for a button. It has value attribute to
provide a caption for it.
Submit Submit button and it has automatic behavior to submit the current form to server
Reset Reset button and it has automatic behavior to resetting all controls on the page to their
default values. It has value attribute to provide a caption for it.

Example : The following example demonstrates how to create textbox, password,

submit and reset buttons

<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
<table>
<tr>
<td> User Id</td>
<td> <input type=”text” name=”txtuid”/></td>
</tr>
<td> Password</td>
<td><input type=”password “name=”txtpwd”/></td>
</tr>
<td colspan=”2” align=”center”>
<input type=”submit “value=”submit”/> nbsp;
<input type=”reset” value=”reset”/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Checkbox Checkbox and it is used to accept either Boolean values or provide multiple options to the
user from which user can select one or more options. It has the attribute value to provide
a value for it.

Example :
<!doctype html>

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<html>
<body>
<form>
<h2>select The Topics you Learned </h2>
<input type=”checkbox” value=”.Net” name=”c1/>.Net<br/><br/>
<input type=”checkbox” value=”Java” name=”c2/>Java<br/><br/>
<input type=”checkbox” value=”PHP” name=”c3/>PHP<br/><br/>
<input type=”checkbox” value=”SQL Server” name=”c4/>SQL Server<br/><br/>
<input type=”checkbox” value=”Oracle” name=”c5/>Oracle<br/><br/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Radio Radio button and it is used to provide multiple options to the user from which user can
select only one option. It has the attribute value to provide a value for it.

Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
<h2> Select Your Qualification</h2>
<input type=”radio” value=”SSC” name=”R1”/>SCC<br/><br/>
<input type=”radio” value=”Intermediate” name=”R1”/>Intermediate<br/><br/>
<input type=”radio” value=”Graduate” name=”R1”/>Graduation<br/><br/>
<input type=”radio” value=”PG” name=”R1”/>Post Graduation<br/><br/>
<input type=”radio” value=”Phd” name=”R1”/>Phd <br/> <br/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

File File upload and it is used to allow the user to select a file that he wants to upload to the
server.

Example:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
First name: <input type=”text”><br>
Last name: <input type=”text”><br>
<input type =”image” src=”submit.png” alt=”submit” width=”120”height=”50”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
New Types For <input> Element in HTML 5

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Color Defines a color picker

Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
Select your favorite color : <input type=”color”><br>
<input type =”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
X Define a date control (year, month and day (no time))
Date Time Defines a date and time control ( Year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and
fraction of a second, based on UTC time zone)
Datetime-local Defines a date and time control (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and
fraction of a second (no time zone)
Month Define a month and year control (no time zone)
Quantity (between 10 and 50): <input type=”number” min=”10” max=”50”>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Week Define a week and year control (no time zone)

Time Defines a control for entering a time (no time zone)

Example :
<!doctype>
<html>
<body>
<form>
Birthday<input type=”date”><br/><br/>
Birthday(date and time)<input type=”datetime”><br/><br/>
Birthday(date and time)<input type=”datetime-local”><br/><br/>
Birthday(month and year)<input type=”month”><br/><br/>
Select a week <input type=”week”><br/><br/>
Select a time<input type=”time”>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Email Define a field for an e-mail address(will be automatically validated when submitted)
Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
E-mail;<input type=”email”><br>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Number Define a field for entering a number (You can also set restrictions on what numbers
are accepted). Use the following attributes to specify restrictions
Attribute Purpose
Max specifies the maximum value allowed
Min specifies the minimum value allowed
Step specifies the legal number intervals
Value specifies the default value

Example :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
Quantity (between 10 and 50):<input type=”number”min=”10”max=”50”>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Range Define a control for entering a number whose exact value is not important (like a
slider control). You can also set restrictions on what numbers are accepted

Example:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
Select Rating In the Range Of 1 and 10 <input type=”range” min=”1” max=”10”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Search Defines a text field for entering a search string
Tel Define a field for entering a telephone number

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url Define field for entering a URL (will be automatically validated when submitted)

Example:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
Specify Url<input type=”Url”><br>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>

New Form and Control Attributes In HTML 5

<form> Attributes
The autocomplete attribute specifies whether a form or input field should have
autocomplete on or off. When autocomplete is on, the browser automatically
complete values based on values that the user has entered before. It is possible to
AutoCompleted
have autocomplete “on” for the form, and “off” for specific input fields, or vice
versa. The autocomplete attribute work with <form> and the following<input>
types: text, search, url,tel,email,password,datepicker,range and color
The novalidate attribute is a Boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that the
Novalidate
formdata (input) should not be validate when submitted.
<input> Attributes
The autofocus attribute is a Boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that an
Autofocus
<input>element should automatically get focus when the page loads.
The form attribute specifies one or more forms an <input> elements belongs to. To
Form
refer to more than one form, use a space-separated list of form ids.
Formactoin The formaction attribute specifies the URL of a file that will process the input control
when the form is submitted. The formaction attribute overrides the action attribute
of the <form> element. The formaction attributes is used with type “submit” and
“image” only
Formmethod The formmethod attribute define the HTTP method for sending form-data to the
action URL. The formmethod attribute overrides the method attribute of the
<form>element. The formmethod attribute can be used with type “submit” and
“image” only.
Formnovalidate The novalidate attribute is a Boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that the
<input> element should not be validated when submitted. The formnovalidate
attribute overrides the novalidate attribute of the <form> element. The
formnovalidate attribute can be used with type “submit” only.
Formtarget The formtarget attribute specifies a name or a keyword that indicates where to
display the response that is received after submitting the form. The form target
attribute overrides the target attribute of the <form> element. The form target
attribute can be used with type “submit” and “image” only.
Width and The Height and Width attributes specify the height and width of an <input> element.
Height The height and width attributes are only used <input type =”image”>. Always specify
both the height and width attributes for images. If height and width are set, the
space required for the image is reserved when the page is loaded. However, without
these attributes, the browser does not know the size of the image, and cannot

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reserve the appropriate space to it. The effect will be that the page layout will
change during loading.
List The list attribute refers to a <datalist> element that contains pre-defined options for
and <input> element.

Example:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
<input list=”browsers”>
<datalist id=”browsers”>
<option value=”internet Explorer”>
<option value=”Firefox”>
<option value=”Chrome”>
<option value=”Opera”>
<option value=”safari”>
</datalist>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
Min and Max The min and max attributes specify the minimum and maximum value for an<input>
element. The min and max attributes works with the following input types: number,
range, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, time and week.
Multiple The multiple attributes is a Boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that the
user is allowed to enter more than one value in the <input> element. The multiple
attribute works with the following input types: email, and file. With email allow the
user to enter multiple emails separated with comma and with file allows the user to
select multiple files.
Placeholder The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of
an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format).
The hint is displayed in the input field when it is empty, and disappears when the
field gets focus. The placeholder attribute works with the following input type: text,
search, url,tel,email, and password

Example:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<form action=”demo_form.asp”>
<input type=”text” placeholder=”first name”><br>
<input type=”text” placeholder=”last name”><br>
<input type=”email” placehilder=”Email as name@domaine.com”> <br>
<input type=”submit” value=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Required The required attribute is a Boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that an input
field must be filled out before submitting the form. The required attribute works

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with the following input type: text, search, url, tel, email, password,date pickers,
number, checkbox, radio, and file
Step The step attribute specifies the legal number intervals for an <input> element.
Example: If step=”3”, Legal numbers could be -3, 0, 3, 6, etc.
The step attribute can be used together with the max and min attributes to create a
range of legal values. The step attribute works with the following input types:
number, range, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, time and week.

<Select> Element

The <select> element is used to create a drop-down list or list box. The <option> elements inside the
<select> element define the available options in the list. For the <option> attribute set the attribute
selected to selected to make the option selected by default. <select> element supports the attribute
size to specify the number of visible option in the drop- down list and when this is set then it will
create a list box, multiple, to specify whether, or not user can select multiple options and same as
<input> element it also supports the attribute autofocus, required and form

Example:
<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<form>

<h1>Drop Down List</h1>

<option>Select Your Qualification</option>

<option value=”Intermediate”>Intermediate</option>

<option value=”Graduate”selected=”selected”>Graduation</option>

<option value=”Post Graduate”>”Post Gruduation</option>

</select>

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<option>Select The Technologies You Learned</option>

<option value=”SQL Server”>SQL Server</option>

<option value=”Oracle”>Oracle</option>

</select>

</form>

</body>

</html>

You can use <optgroup> to group related options in a drop-down list. If you have a long list of
options, groups of related options are easier to handle for a user. It has the attribute label to provide
a caption for the group.

Example :
<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

<form>

<h1>Drop Down List</h1>

<option>Select An Item To Purchase</option>

<optgroup lable=”Input Devices”>

<option value=”keyboard”>Keyboard</option>

<option value=”Mouse”>Mouse</option>

<option value=”Scanner”>Scanner</option>

</optgroup>

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<optgroup lable=”Output Devices”>

<option value=”Printer”>Printer</option>

<option value=”Monitor”>Monitor</option>

</optgroup>

<option lable=”Storage Devices”>

<option value=”Hard Disk”>Hard Disk</option>

<option value=”Pen Drive”>Pen Drive</option>

</optgroup>

</select>

<h1>

<option>Select An Item To Purchase</option>

<optgroup lable=”Input Devices”>

<option value=”Keyboard”>Keyboard</option>

<option value=”Mouse”>Mouse</option>

<option value=”Scanner”>Scanner</option>

</optgroup>

<optgroup lable=”output Devices”>

<option value=”Printer”>Printer</option>

<option value=”Monitor”>Monitor</option>

</optgroup>

<optgroup lable=”Storage Devices”>

<option value=”Hard Disk”>Hard Disk</option>

<option value=”Pen Drive”>Pen Drive</option>

</optgroup>

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</select>

</form>

</body>

</html>

<TextArea> Element
The <texrarea> element defines a multi-line text input control. A text area can hold an
unlimited number of characters, and the text renders in a fixed-width font (usually Courier). The size
of a text area can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or even better; through CSS’ height
and width proprieties. Same as <Input> element it supports the attributes autofocus, required,
placeholder and wrap attribute is new in HTML 5 and has two possible values hard and soft,
maxlength attribute that also new in HTML 5 is used to specify the maximum number of characters
allowed into textarea.

Example :
<!doctype html>

<html>

<body>

Text area is used to provide a textbox that accept multiple lines of text like address and any
comments from user

</textarea>

</body>

</html>

<fieldset>and<Legend>Elements
<fieldset> element is used to create a logical grouping of controls in a form and this will
create a border around the controls within the <fieldset> element.<legend> element is used to
provide a title for the fieldset that will be displayed at top right corner for the fieldset.

Example :

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<!doctype>

<html>

<body>

<form>

<legend>Login</legend>

<table>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Password</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan=”2”><input type=”submit”value=”login”/></td>

</tr>

</table>

</fieldset>

</form>

</body>

</html>

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PHP & SQL Server

What is PHP?

 PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

 PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
 PHP scripts are executed on the server
 PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic
ODBC, etc.)
 PHP is an open source software
 PHP is free to download and use

What is a PHP File?

 PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts

 PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
 PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

What is MySQL?

 MySQL is a database server

 MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
 MySQL supports standard SQL
 MySQL compiles on a number of platforms

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 MySQL is free to download and use

PHP + MySQL

 PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix
platform)

Why PHP?

 PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.)

 PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
 PHP is FREE to download from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
 PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

Where to Start?

To get access to a web server with PHP support, you can:

 Install Apache (or IIS) on your own server, install PHP, and MySQL
 Or find a web hosting plan with PHP and MySQL support

Basic PHP Syntax

A PHP scripting block always starts with <?php and ends with ?>. A PHP scripting block can be placed
anywhere in the document.

On servers with shorthand support enabled you can start a scripting block with <? and end with ?>.

For maximum compatibility, we recommend that you use the standard form (<?php) rather than the
shorthand form.

<?php
?>

A PHP file normally contains HTML tags, just like an HTML file, and some PHP scripting code.

Below, we have an example of a simple PHP script which sends the text "Hello World" to the browser:

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

</body>
</html>

Each code line in PHP must end with a semicolon. The semicolon is a separator and is used to distinguish
one set of instructions from another.

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There are two basic statements to output text with PHP: echo and print. In the example above we have
used the echo statement to output the text "Hello World".

Comments in PHP

In PHP, we use // to make a single-line comment or /* and */ to make a large comment block.

<?php
//This is a comment

/*
This is
a comment
block
*/
?>

</body>
</html>

A variable is used to store information.

Variables in PHP

Variables are used for storing a values, like text strings, numbers or arrays.

When a variable is declared, it can be used over and over again in your script.

All variables in PHP start with a $ sign symbol.

The correct way of declaring a variable in PHP:

$var_name = value;

New PHP programmers often forget the $ sign at the beginning of the variable. In that case it will not
work.

Let's try creating a variable containing a string, and a variable containing a number:

<?php
$txt="Hello World!";
$x=16;
?>

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PHP is a Loosely Typed Language

In PHP, a variable does not need to be declared before adding a value to it.

In the example above, you see that you do not have to tell PHP which data type the variable is.

PHP automatically converts the variable to the correct data type, depending on its value.

In a strongly typed programming language, you have to declare (define) the type and name of the
variable before using it.

In PHP, the variable is declared automatically when you use it.

Naming Rules for Variables

 A variable name must start with a letter or an underscore "_"

 A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and
_)
 A variable name should not contain spaces. If a variable name is more than one word, it should
be separated with an underscore ($my_string), or with capitalization ($myString)

A string variable is used to store and manipulate text.

String Variables in PHP

String variables are used for values that contains characters.

In this chapter we are going to look at the most common functions and operators used to manipulate
strings in PHP.

After we create a string we can manipulate it. A string can be used directly in a function or it can be
stored in a variable.

Below, the PHP script assigns the text "Hello World" to a string variable called $txt:

<?php
$txt="Hello World";
echo $txt;
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Hello World

Now, lets try to use some different functions and operators to manipulate the string.

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The Concatenation Operator

There is only one string operator in PHP.

The concatenation operator (.) is used to put two string values together.

To concatenate two string variables together, use the concatenation operator:

<?php
$txt1="Hello World!";
$txt2="What a nice day!";
echo $txt1 . " " . $txt2;
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Hello World! What a nice day!

If we look at the code above you see that we used the concatenation operator two times. This is because
we had to insert a third string (a space character), to separate the two strings.

The strlen() function

The strlen() function is used to return the length of a string.

Let's find the length of a string:

<?php
echo strlen("Hello world!");
?>

The output of the code above will be:

The length of a string is often used in loops or other functions, when it is important to know when the
string ends. (i.e. in a loop, we would want to stop the loop after the last character in the string).

The strpos() function

The strpos() function is used to search for character within a string.

If a match is found, this function will return the position of the first match. If no match is found, it will
return FALSE.

Let's see if we can find the string "world" in our string:

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<?php
echo strpos("Hello world!","world");
?>

The output of the code above will be:

The position of the string "world" in our string is position 6. The reason that it is 6 (and not 7), is that
the first position in the string is 0, and not 1.

Operators are used to operate on values.

PHP If...Else Statements

Conditional statements are used to perform different actions based on different

conditions.

Conditional Statements

Very often when you write code, you want to perform different actions for different decisions.

You can use conditional statements in your code to do this.

In PHP we have the following conditional statements:

 if statement - use this statement to execute some code only if a specified condition is true
 if...else statement - use this statement to execute some code if a condition is true and
another code if the condition is false
 if...else if....else statement - use this statement to select one of several blocks of code to be
executed
 switch statement - use this statement to select one of many blocks of code to be executed

The if Statement

Use the if statement to execute some code only if a specified condition is true.

Syntax
if (condition) code to be executed if condition is true;

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday:

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<?php
$d=date("D");
if ($d=="Fri") echo "Have a nice weekend!";
?>

</body>
</html>

Notice that there is no ..else.. in this syntax. You tell the browser to execute some code only if the
specified condition is true.

The if...else Statement

Use the if....else statement to execute some code if a condition is true and another code if a condition is
false.

Syntax
if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else
code to be executed if condition is false;

Example

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday, otherwise it will
output "Have a nice day!":

<?php
$d=date("D");
if ($d=="Fri")
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
else
echo "Have a nice day!";
?>

</body>
</html>

If more than one line should be executed if a condition is true/false, the lines should be enclosed within
curly braces:

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<?php
$d=date("D");
if ($d=="Fri")
{
echo "Hello!<br />";
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
echo "See you on Monday!";
}
?>

</body>
</html>

The if...else if....else Statement

Use the if....else if...else statement to select one of several blocks of code to be executed.

Syntax
if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else
code to be executed if condition is false;

Example

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday, and "Have a nice
Sunday!" if the current day is Sunday. Otherwise it will output "Have a nice day!":

<?php
$d=date("D");
if ($d=="Fri")
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
else if ($d=="Sun")
echo "Have a nice Sunday!";
else
echo "Have a nice day!";
?>

</body>
</html>

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PHP Switch Statement

Conditional statements are used to perform different actions based on different

conditions.

The PHP Switch Statement

Use the switch statement to select one of many blocks of code to be executed.

Syntax
switch (n)
{
case label1:
code to be executed if n=label1;
break;
case label2:
code to be executed if n=label2;
break;
default:
code to be executed if n is different from both label1 and label2;
}

This is how it works: First we have a single expression n (most often a variable), that is
evaluated once. The value of the expression is then compared with the values for each case in
the structure. If there is a match, the block of code associated with that case is executed. Use
break to prevent the code from running into the next case automatically. The default
statement is used if no match is found.

Example
<html>
<body>

<?php
switch ($x)
{
case 1:
echo "Number 1";
break;
case 2:
echo "Number 2";
break;
case 3:
echo "Number 3";
break;
default:
echo "No number between 1 and 3";

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}
?>

</body>
</html>

PHP Arrays

An array stores multiple values in one single variable.

What is an Array?

A variable is a storage area holding a number or text. The problem is, a variable will hold only one
value.

An array is a special variable, which can store multiple values in one single variable.

If you have a list of items (a list of car names, for example), storing the cars in single variables could
look like this:

$cars1="Saab";
$cars2="Volvo";
$cars3="BMW";

However, what if you want to loop through the cars and find a specific one? And what if you had not 3
cars, but 300?

The best solution here is to use an array!

An array can hold all your variable values under a single name. And you can access the values by
referring to the array name.

Each element in the array has its own index so that it can be easily accessed.

In PHP, there are three kind of arrays:

 Numeric array - An array with a numeric index

 Associative array - An array where each ID key is associated with a value
 Multidimensional array - An array containing one or more arrays

Numeric Arrays

A numeric array stores each array element with a numeric index.

There are two methods to create a numeric array.

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1. In the following example the index are automatically assigned (the index starts at 0):

$cars=array("Saab","Volvo","BMW","Toyota");

2. In the following example we assign the index manually:

$cars[0]="Saab";
$cars[1]="Volvo";
$cars[2]="BMW";
$cars[3]="Toyota";

Example

In the following example you access the variable values by referring to the array name and index:

<?php
$cars[0]="Saab";
$cars[1]="Volvo";
$cars[2]="BMW";
$cars[3]="Toyota";
echo $cars[0] . " and " . $cars[1] . " are Swedish cars.";
?>

The code above will output:

Saab and Volvo are Swedish cars.

Associative Arrays

An associative array, each ID key is associated with a value.

When storing data about specific named values, a numerical array is not always the best way to do it.

With associative arrays we can use the values as keys and assign values to them.

Example 1

In this example we use an array to assign ages to the different persons:

$ages = array("Peter"=>32, "Quagmire"=>30, "Joe"=>34);

Example 2

This example is the same as example 1, but shows a different way of creating the array:

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$ages['Peter'] = "32";
$ages['Quagmire'] = "30";
$ages['Joe'] = "34";

The ID keys can be used in a script:

<?php
$ages['Peter'] = "32";
$ages['Quagmire'] = "30";
$ages['Joe'] = "34";

echo "Peter is " . $ages['Peter'] . " years old.";

The code above will output:

Peter is 32 years old.

Multidimensional Arrays

In a multidimensional array, each element in the main array can also be an array. And each element in
the sub-array can be an array, and so on.

Example

In this example we create a multidimensional array, with automatically assigned ID keys:

$families = array
(
"Griffin"=>array
(
"Peter",
"Lois",
"Megan"
),
"Quagmire"=>array
(
"Glenn"
),
"Brown"=>array
(
"Cleveland",
"Loretta",
"Junior"
)
);

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The array above would look like this if written to the output:

Array
(
[Griffin] => Array
(
[0] => Peter
[1] => Lois
[2] => Megan
)
[Quagmire] => Array
(
[0] => Glenn
)
[Brown] => Array
(
[0] => Cleveland
[1] => Loretta
[2] => Junior
)
)

Example 2

Lets try displaying a single value from the array above:

echo "Is " . $families['Griffin'][2] .

" a part of the Griffin family?";

The code above will output:

Is Megan a part of the Griffin family?

PHP Looping - While Loops

Loops execute a block of code a specified number of times, or while a specified condition
is true.

PHP Loops

Often when you write code, you want the same block of code to run over and over again in a row.
Instead of adding several almost equal lines in a script we can use loops to perform a task like this.

In PHP, we have the following looping statements:

 while - loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true

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 do...while - loops through a block of code once, and then repeats the loop as long as a
specified condition is true
 for - loops through a block of code a specified number of times
 foreach - loops through a block of code for each element in an array

The while Loop

The while loop executes a block of code while a condition is true.

Syntax
while (condition)
{
code to be executed;
}

Example

The example below defines a loop that starts with i=1. The loop will continue to run as long as i is less
than, or equal to 5. i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs:

<?php
$i=1;
while($i<=5)
{
echo "The number is " . $i . "<br />";
$i++;
}
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

The number is 1
The number is 2
The number is 3
The number is 4
The number is 5

The do...while Statement

The do...while statement will always execute the block of code once, it will then check the condition, and
repeat the loop while the condition is true.

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Syntax
do
{
code to be executed;
}
while (condition);

Example

The example below defines a loop that starts with i=1. It will then increment i with 1, and write some
output. Then the condition is checked, and the loop will continue to run as long as i is less than, or equal
to 5:

<?php
$i=1;
do
{
$i++;
echo "The number is " . $i . "<br />";
}
while ($i<=5);
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

The number is 2
The number is 3
The number is 4
The number is 5
The number is 6

PHP Looping - For Loops

Loops execute a block of code a specified number of times, or while a specified condition
is true.

The for Loop

The for loop is used when you know in advance how many times the script should run.

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Syntax
for (init; condition; increment)
{
code to be executed;
}

Parameters:

 init: Mostly used to set a counter (but can be any code to be executed once at the beginning of
the loop)
 Condition: Evaluated for each loop iteration. If it evaluates to TRUE, the loop continues. If it
evaluates to FALSE, the loop ends.
 increment: Mostly used to increment a counter (but can be any code to be executed at the end
of the loop)

Note: Each of the parameters above can be empty, or have multiple expressions (separated by
commas).

Example

The example below defines a loop that starts with i=1. The loop will continue to run as long as i is less
than, or equal to 5. i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs:

<?php
for ($i=1; $i<=5; $i++)
{
echo "The number is " . $i . "<br />";
}
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

The number is 1
The number is 2
The number is 3
The number is 4
The number is 5

The for each Loop

The for each loop is used to loop through arrays.

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Syntax
For each ($array as $value)
{
code to be executed;
}

For every loop iteration, the value of the current array element is assigned to $value (and the array
pointer is moved by one) - so on the next loop iteration, you'll be looking at the next array value.

Example

The following example demonstrates a loop that will print the values of the given array:

<?php
$x=array("one","two","three");
for each ($x as $value)
{
echo $value . "<br />";
}
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

one
two
three

PHP Functions

The real power of PHP comes from its functions.

In PHP, there are more than 700 built-in functions.

PHP Built-in Functions

For a complete reference and examples of the built-in functions, please visit our PHP Reference.

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PHP Functions

In this chapter we will show you how to create your own functions.

To keep the browser from executing a script when the page loads, you can put your script into a
function.

A function will be executed by a call to the function.

You may call a function from anywhere within a page.

Create a PHP Function

A function will be executed by a call to the function.

Syntax
function function Name()
{
code to be executed;
}

PHP function guidelines:

 Give the function a name that reflects what the function does
 The function name can start with a letter or underscore (not a number)

Example

A simple function that writes my name when it is called:

<?php
function write Name()
{
echo "Kai Jim Refsnes";
}

echo "My name is ";

write Name();
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

My name is Kai Jim Refsnes

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PHP Functions - Adding parameters

To add more functionality to a function, we can add parameters. A parameter is just like a variable.

Parameters are specified after the function name, inside the parentheses.

Example 1

The following example will write different first names, but equal last name:

<?php
function write Name($fname)
{
echo $fname . " Refsnes.<br />";
}

echo "My name is ";

write Name("Kai Jim");
echo "My sister's name is ";
write Name("Hege");
echo "My brother's name is ";
write Name("Stale");
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

My name is Kai Jim Refsnes.

My sister's name is Hege Refsnes.
My brother's name is Stale Refsnes.

Example 2

The following function has two parameters:

<?php
function write Name($fname,$punctuation)
{
echo $fname . “Refsnes" . $punctuation . "<br />";
}

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echo "My name is ";

write Name("Kai Jim",".");
echo "My sister's name is ";
write Name("Hege","!");
echo "My brother's name is ";
write Name("Ståle","?");
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

My name is Kai Jim Refsnes.

My sister's name is Hege Refsnes!
My brother's name is Ståle Refsnes?

PHP Functions - Return values

To let a function return a value, use the return statement.

Example
<html>
<body>

<?php
function add($x,$y)
{
$total=$x+$y;
return $total;
}

echo "1 + 16 = " . add(1,16);

</body>
</html>

Output:

1 + 16 = 17

PHP Forms and User Input

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The PHP $_GET and $_POST variables are used to retrieve information from forms, like
user input.

PHP Form Handling

The most important thing to notice when dealing with HTML forms and PHP is that any form element in
an HTML page will automatically be available to your PHP scripts.

Example

The example below contains an HTML form with two input fields and a submit button:

<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

When a user fills out the form above and click on the submit button, the form data is sent to a PHP file,
called "welcome.php":

"welcome.php" looks like this:

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>!<br />

You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

</body>
</html>

Output could be something like this:

Welcome John!
You are 28 years old.

The PHP $_GET and $_POST functions will be explained in the next chapters.

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Form Validation

User input should be validated on the browser whenever possible (by client scripts). Browser validation
is faster and reduces the server load.

You should consider server validation if the user input will be inserted into a database. A good way to
validate a form on the server is to post the form to itself, instead of jumping to a different page. The
user will then get the error messages on the same page as the form. This makes it easier to discover the
error.

PHP $_GET Function

The built-in $_GET function is used to collect values in a form with method="get".

The $_GET Function

The built-in $_GET function is used to collect values from a form sent with method="get".

Information sent from a form with the GET method is visible to everyone (it will be displayed in the
browser's address bar) and has limits on the amount of information to send (max. 100 characters).

Example
<form action="welcome.php" method="get">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

When the user clicks the "Submit" button, the URL sent to the server could look something like this:

http://www.w3schools.com/welcome.php?fname=Peter&age=37

The "welcome.php" file can now use the $_GET function to collect form data (the names of the form
fields will automatically be the keys in the $_GET array):

Welcome <?php echo $_GET["fname"]; ?>.<br />

You are <?php echo $_GET["age"]; ?> years old!

When to use method="get"?

When using method="get" in HTML forms, all variable names and values are displayed in the URL.

Note: This method should not be used when sending passwords or other sensitive information!

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However, because the variables are displayed in the URL, it is possible to bookmark the page. This can
be useful in some cases.

Note: The get method is not suitable for large variable values; the value cannot exceed 100 characters.

PHP $_POST Function

The built-in $_POST function is used to collect values in a form with method="post".

The $_POST Function

The built-in $_POST function is used to collect values from a form sent with method="post".

Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to others and has no limits on the
amount of information to send.

Note: However, there is an 8 Mb max size for the POST method, by default (can be changed by setting
the post_max_size in the php.ini file).

Example
<form action="welcome.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

When the user clicks the "Submit" button, the URL will look like this:

http://www.w3schools.com/welcome.php

The "welcome.php" file can now use the $_POST function to collect form data (the names of the form
fields will automatically be the keys in the $_POST array):

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>!<br />

You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

When to use method="post"?

Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to others and has no limits on the
amount of information to send.

However, because the variables are not displayed in the URL, it is not possible to bookmark the page.

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The PHP $_REQUEST Function

The PHP built-in $_REQUEST function contains the contents of both $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE.

The $_REQUEST function can be used to collect form data sent with both the GET and POST methods.

Example
Welcome <?php echo $_REQUEST["fname"]; ?>!<br />
You are <?php echo $_REQUEST["age"]; ?> years old.

ADVANCED:

PHP Date () Function

The PHP date () function is used to format a time and/or date.

The PHP Date () Function

The PHP date () function formats a timestamp to a more readable date and time.

A timestamp is a sequence of characters, denoting the date and/or time at which a certain event
occurred.

Syntax
date(format,timestamp)

Parameter Description

format Required. Specifies the format of the timestamp

timestamp Optional. Specifies a timestamp. Default is the current date and time

PHP Date () - Format the Date

The required format parameter in the date () function specifies how to format the date/time.

Here are some characters that can be used:

 d - Represents the day of the month (01 to 31)

 m - Represents a month (01 to 12)
 Y - Represents a year (in four digits)

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A list of all the characters that can be used in the format parameter, can be found in our PHP Date
reference.

Other characters, like"/", ".", or "-" can also be inserted between the letters to add additional
formatting:

<?php
echo date("Y/m/d") . "<br />";
echo date("Y.m.d") . "<br />";
echo date("Y-m-d")
?>

The output of the code above could be something like this:

2009/05/11
2009.05.11
2009-05-11

PHP Date () - Adding a Timestamp

The optional timestamp parameter in the date () function specifies a timestamp. If you do not specify a
timestamp, the current date and time will be used.

The mktime () function returns the Unix timestamp for a date.

The Unix timestamp contains the number of seconds between the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00
GMT) and the time specified.

Syntax for mktime()

mktime(hour,minute,second,month,day,year,is_dst)

To go one day in the future we simply add one to the day argument of mktime():

<?php
$tomorrow = mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d")+1,date("Y"));
echo "Tomorrow is ".date("Y/m/d", $tomorrow);
?>

The output of the code above could be something like this:

Tomorrow is 2009/05/12

PHP Include File

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Server Side Includes (SSI)

You can insert the content of one PHP file into another PHP file before the server executes it, with the
include () or require () function.

The two functions are identical in every way, except how they handle errors:

 include() generates a warning, but the script will continue execution

 require() generates a fatal error, and the script will stop

These two functions are used to create functions, headers, footers, or elements that will be reused on
multiple pages.

Server side includes saves a lot of work. This means that you can create a standard header, footer, or
menu file for all your web pages. When the header needs to be updated, you can only update the include
file, or when you add a new page to your site, you can simply change the menu file (instead of updating
the links on all your web pages).

PHP include () Function

They include () function takes all the content in a specified file and includes it in the current file.

If an error occurs, the include () function generates a warning, but the script will continue execution.

Example 1

Assume that you have a standard header file, called "header.php". To include the header file in a page,
use the include () function:

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>
<p>Some text.</p>

</body>
</html>

Example 2

Assume we have a standard menu file, called "menu.php", that should be used on all pages:

<a href="/default.php">Home</a>
<a href="/tutorials.php">Tutorials</a>
<a href="/references.php">References</a>
<a href="/examples.php">Examples</a>
<a href="/about.php">About Us</a>
<a href="/contact.php">Contact Us</a>

All pages in the Web site should include this menu file. Here is how it can be done:

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<h1>Welcome to my home page.</h1>

</body>
</html>

If you look at the source code of the page above (in a browser), it will look like this:

<div class="leftmenu">
<a href="/default.php">Home</a>
<a href="/tutorials.php">Tutorials</a>
<a href="/references.php">References</a>
<a href="/examples.php">Examples</a>
<a href="/about.php">About Us</a>
<a href="/contact.php">Contact Us</a>
</div>

<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>

</body>
</html>

PHP require () Function

The require () function is identical to include (), except that it handles errors differently.

If an error occurs, the include () function generates a warning, but the script will continue execution.
The require () generates a fatal error, and the script will stop.

Error Example include () Function

<?php
include("wrongFile.php");
echo "Hello World!";
?>

</body>

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</html>

Error message:

Warning: include(wrongFile.php) [function.include]:

failed to open stream:
No such file or directory in C:\home\website\test.php on line 5

Warning: include() [function.include]:

Failed opening 'wrongFile.php' for inclusion
(include_path='.;C:\php5\pear')
in C:\home\website\test.php on line 5

Hello World!

Notice that the echo statement is executed! This is because a Warning does not stop the script
execution.

Error Example require () Function

Now, let's run the same example with the require () function.

<?php
require("wrongFile.php");
echo "Hello World!";
?>

</body>
</html>

Error message:

Warning: require(wrongFile.php) [function.require]:

failed to open stream:
No such file or directory in C:\home\website\test.php on line 5

Fatal error: require() [function.require]:

Failed opening required 'wrongFile.php'
(include_path='.;C:\php5\pear')
in C:\home\website\test.php on line 5

The echo statement is not executed, because the script execution stopped after the fatal error.

It is recommended to use the require () function instead of include(), because scripts should not
continue after an error.

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PHP File Handling

The f open () function is used to open files in PHP.

Opening a File

The f open () function is used to open files in PHP.

The first parameter of this function contains the name of the file to be opened and the second parameter
specifies in which mode the file should be opened:

<?php
$file=fopen("welcome.txt","r");
?>

</body>
</html>

The file may be opened in one of the following modes:

Modes Description

r Read only. Starts at the beginning of the file

r+ Read/Write. Starts at the beginning of the file

w Write only. Opens and clears the contents of file; or creates a new file if it doesn't
exist

w+ Read/Write. Opens and clears the contents of file; or creates a new file if it doesn't
exist

a Append. Opens and writes to the end of the file or creates a new file if it doesn't
exist

a+ Read/Append. Preserves file content by writing to the end of the file

x Write only. Creates a new file. Returns FALSE and an error if file already exists

x+ Read/Write. Creates a new file. Returns FALSE and an error if file already exists

Note: If the f open () function is unable to open the specified file, it returns 0 (false).

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Example

The following example generates a message if the f open () function is unable to open the specified file:

<?php
$file=fopen("welcome.txt","r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
?>

</body>
</html>

Closing a File

The f close () function is used to close an open file:

<?php
$file = fopen("test.txt","r");

//some code to be executed

f close($file);
?>

Check End-of-file

The feof () function checks if the "end-of-file" (EOF) has been reached.

The feof () function is useful for looping through data of unknown length.

Note: You cannot read from files opened in w, a, and x mode!

if (feof($file)) echo "End of file";

Reading a File Line by Line

The fgets() function is used to read a single line from a file.

Note: After a call to this function the file pointer has moved to the next line.

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Example

The example below reads a file line by line, until the end of file is reached:

<?php
$file = fopen("welcome.txt", "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
//Output a line of the file until the end is reached
while(!feof($file))
{
echo fgets($file). "<br />";
}
fclose($file);
?>

Reading a File Character by Character

The fgetc () function is used to read a single character from a file.

Note: After a call to this function the file pointer moves to the next character.

Example

The example below reads a file character by character, until the end of file is reached:

<?php
$file=fopen("welcome.txt","r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while (!feof($file))
{
echo fgetc($file);
}
fclose($file);
?>

PHP File Upload

With PHP, it is possible to upload files to the server.

Create an Upload-File Form

To allow users to upload files from a form can be very useful.

Look at the following HTML form for uploading files:

<html>

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<body>

<form action="upload_file.php" method="post"

enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

Notice the following about the HTML form above:

 The enctype attribute of the <form> tag specifies which content-type to use when submitting
the form. "multipart/form-data" is used when a form requires binary data, like the contents of a
file, to be uploaded
 The type="file" attribute of the <input> tag specifies that the input should be processed as a
file. For example, when viewed in a browser, there will be a browse-button next to the input
field

Note: Allowing users to upload files is a big security risk. Only permit trusted users to perform file
uploads.

Create the Upload Script

The "upload_file.php" file contains the code for uploading a file:

<?php
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
echo "Stored in: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
}
?>

By using the global PHP $_FILES array you can upload files from a client computer to the remote server.

The first parameter is the form's input name and the second index can be either "name", "type", "size",
"tmp_name" or "error". Like this:

 $_FILES["file"]["name"] - the name of the uploaded file

 $_FILES["file"]["type"] - the type of the uploaded file
 $_FILES["file"]["size"] - the size in bytes of the uploaded file
 $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] - the name of the temporary copy of the file stored on the server

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 $_FILES["file"]["error"] - the error code resulting from the file upload

This is a very simple way of uploading files. For security reasons, you should add restrictions on what
the user is allowed to upload.

Restrictions on Upload

In this script we add some restrictions to the file upload. The user may only upload .gif or .jpeg files and
the file size must be under 20 kb:

<?php
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 20000))
{
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
echo "Stored in: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
}
}
else
{
echo "Invalid file";
}
?>

Note: For IE to recognize jpg files the type must be pjpeg, for FireFox it must be jpeg.

Saving the Uploaded File

The examples above create a temporary copy of the uploaded files in the PHP temp folder on the server.

The temporary copied files disappears when the script ends. To store the uploaded file we need to copy
it to a different location:

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{
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
{
echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
}
else
{
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
"upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
}
}
}
else
{
echo "Invalid file";
}
?>

The script above checks if the file already exists, if it does not, it copies the file to the specified folder.

PHP Cookies

A cookie is often used to identify a user.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is often used to identify a user. A cookie is a small file that the server embeds on the user's
computer. Each time the same computer requests a page with a browser, it will send the cookie too.
With PHP, you can both create and retrieve cookie values.

How to Create a Cookie?

The setcookie() function is used to set a cookie.

Note: The setcookie() function must appear BEFORE the <html> tag.

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Syntax
setcookie(name, value, expire, path, domain);

Example 1

In the example below, we will create a cookie named "user" and assign the value "Alex Porter" to it. We
also specify that the cookie should expire after one hour:

<?php
setcookie("user", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);
?>

<html>
.....

Note: The value of the cookie is automatically URLencoded when sending the cookie, and automatically
decoded when received (to prevent URLencoding, use setrawcookie() instead).

Example 2

You can also set the expiration time of the cookie in another way. It may be easier than using seconds.

<?php
$expire=time()+60*60*24*30;
setcookie("user", "Alex Porter", $expire);
?>

<html>
.....

In the example above the expiration time is set to a month (60 sec * 60 min * 24 hours * 30 days).

How to Retrieve a Cookie Value?

The PHP $_COOKIE variable is used to retrieve a cookie value.

In the example below, we retrieve the value of the cookie named "user" and display it on a page:

<?php
// Print a cookie
echo $_COOKIE["user"];

// A way to view all cookies

print_r($_COOKIE);
?>

In the following example we use the isset() function to find out if a cookie has been set:

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<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["user"]))
echo "Welcome " . $_COOKIE["user"] . "!<br />";
else
echo "Welcome guest!<br />";
?>

</body>
</html>

How to Delete a Cookie?

When deleting a cookie you should assure that the expiration date is in the past.

Delete example:

<?php
// set the expiration date to one hour ago
setcookie("user", "", time()-3600);
?>

What if a Browser Does NOT Support Cookies?

If your application deals with browsers that do not support cookies, you will have to use other methods
to pass information from one page to another in your application. One method is to pass the data
through forms (forms and user input are described earlier in this tutorial).

The form below passes the user input to "welcome.php" when the user clicks on the "Submit" button:

<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

Retrieve the values in the "welcome.php" file like this:

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Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>.<br />

You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

</body>
</html>

PHP Sessions

A PHP session variable is used to store information about, or change settings for a user
session. Session variables hold information about one single user, and are available to all
pages in one application.

PHP Session Variables

When you are working with an application, you open it, do some changes and then you close it. This is
much like a Session. The computer knows who you are. It knows when you start the application and
when you end. But on the internet there is one problem: the web server does not know who you are and
what you do because the HTTP address doesn't maintain state.

A PHP session solves this problem by allowing you to store user information on the server for later use
(i.e. username, shopping items, etc). However, session information is temporary and will be deleted
after the user has left the website. If you need a permanent storage you may want to store the data in a
database.

Sessions work by creating a unique id (UID) for each visitor and store variables based on this UID. The
UID is either stored in a cookie or is propagated in the URL.

Starting a PHP Session

Before you can store user information in your PHP session, you must first start up the session.

Note: The session_start() function must appear BEFORE the <html> tag:

<?php session_start(); ?>

</body>
</html>

The code above will register the user's session with the server, allow you to start saving user
information, and assign a UID for that user's session.

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Storing a Session Variable

The correct way to store and retrieve session variables is to use the PHP $_SESSION variable:

<?php
session_start();
// store session data
$_SESSION['views']=1;
?>

<?php
//retrieve session data
echo "Pageviews=". $_SESSION['views'];
?>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Pageviews=1

In the example below, we create a simple page-views counter. The isset() function checks if the "views"
variable has already been set. If "views" has been set, we can increment our counter. If "views" doesn't
exist, we create a "views" variable, and set it to 1:

<?php
session_start();

if(isset($_SESSION['views']))
$_SESSION['views']=$_SESSION['views']+1;
else
$_SESSION['views']=1;
echo "Views=". $_SESSION['views'];
?>

Destroying a Session

If you wish to delete some session data, you can use the unset() or the session_destroy() function.

The unset() function is used to free the specified session variable:

<?php

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unset($_SESSION['views']);
?>

You can also completely destroy the session by calling the session_destroy() function:

<?php
session_destroy();
?>

Note: session_destroy() will reset your session and you will lose all your stored session data.

PHP Sending E-mails

PHP allows you to send e-mails directly from a script.

The PHP mail() Function

The PHP mail() function is used to send emails from inside a script.

Syntax

mail(to,subject,message,headers,parameters)

Parameter Description

to Required. Specifies the receiver / receivers of the email

subject Required. Specifies the subject of the email. Note: This parameter cannot contain
any newline characters

message Required. Defines the message to be sent. Each line should be separated with a LF
(\n). Lines should not exceed 70 characters

headers Optional. Specifies additional headers, like From, Cc, and Bcc. The additional
headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n)

parameters Optional. Specifies an additional parameter to the sendmail program

Note: For the mail functions to be available, PHP requires an installed and working email system. The
program to be used is defined by the configuration settings in the php.ini file. Read more in our PHP Mail
reference.

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PHP Simple E-Mail

The simplest way to send an email with PHP is to send a text email.

In the example below we first declare the variables ($to, $subject, $message, $from, $headers), then
we use the variables in the mail() function to send an e-mail:

<?php
$to = "someone@example.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "someonelse@example.com";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?>

PHP Mail Form

With PHP, you can create a feedback-form on your website. The example below sends a text message to
a specified e-mail address:

<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
{
//send email
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
mail( "someone@example.com", "Subject: $subject",
$message, "From: $email" );
echo "Thank you for using our mail form";
}
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
{
echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>
Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />
Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>
</textarea><br />
<input type='submit' />
</form>";
}
?>

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</body>
</html>

This is how the example above works:

 First, check if the email input field is filled out

 If it is not set (like when the page is first visited); output the HTML form
 If it is set (after the form is filled out); send the email from the form
 When submit is pressed after the form is filled out, the page reloads, sees that the email input is
set, and sends the email

Note: This is the simplest way to send e-mail, but it is not secure. In the next chapter of this tutorial
you can read more about vulnerabilities in e-mail scripts, and how to validate user input to make it more
secure.

PHP DATABASES:

PHP MySQL Introduction

MySQL is the most popular open-source database system.

What is MySQL?

MySQL is a database.

The data in MySQL is stored in database objects called tables.

A table is a collections of related data entries and it consists of columns and rows.

Databases are useful when storing information categorically. A company may have a database with the
following tables: "Employees", "Products", "Customers" and "Orders".

Database Tables

A database most often contains one or more tables. Each table is identified by a name (e.g. "Customers"
or "Orders"). Tables contain records (rows) with data.

Below is an example of a table called "Persons":

LastName FirstName Address City

Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes

Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

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The table above contains three records (one for each person) and four columns (LastName, FirstName,
Address, and City).

Queries

A query is a question or a request.

With MySQL, we can query a database for specific information and have a recordset returned.

Look at the following query:

SELECT LastName FROM Persons

The query above selects all the data in the "LastName" column from the "Persons" table, and will return
a recordset like this:

LastName

Hansen

Svendson

Pettersen

PHP MySQL Connect to a Database

The free MySQL database is very often used with PHP.

Create a Connection to a MySQL Database

Before you can access data in a database, you must create a connection to the database.

In PHP, this is done with the mysql_connect() function.

Syntax
mysql_connect(servername,username,password);

Parameter Description

servername Optional. Specifies the server to connect to. Default value is "localhost:3306"

username Optional. Specifies the username to log in with. Default value is the name of the

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user that owns the server process

password Optional. Specifies the password to log in with. Default is ""

Note: There are more available parameters, but the ones listed above are the most important. Visit our
full PHP MySQL Reference for more details.

Example

In the following example we store the connection in a variable ($con) for later use in the script. The
"die" part will be executed if the connection fails:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

// some code
?>

Closing a Connection

The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use
the mysql_close() function:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

// some code

mysql_close($con);
?>

PHP MySQL Create Database and Tables

A database holds one or multiple tables.

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Create a Database

The CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create a database in MySQL.

Syntax
CREATE DATABASE database_name

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

Example

The following example creates a database called "my_db":

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))

{
echo "Database created";
}
else
{
echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

Create a Table

The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a table in MySQL.

Syntax
CREATE TABLE table_name
(
column_name1 data_type,
column_name2 data_type,
column_name3 data_type,
....
)

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To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

We must add the CREATE TABLE statement to the mysql_query() function to execute the command.

Example

The following example creates a table named "Persons", with three columns. The column names will be
"FirstName", "LastName" and "Age":

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

// Create database
if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))
{
echo "Database created";
}
else
{
echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
}

// Create table
mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);
$sql = "CREATE TABLE Persons
(
FirstName varchar(15),
LastName varchar(15),
Age int
)";

// Execute query
mysql_query($sql,$con);

mysql_close($con);
?>

Important: A database must be selected before a table can be created. The database is selected with
the mysql_select_db() function.

Note: When you create a database field of type varchar, you must specify the maximum length of the
field, e.g. varchar(15).

The data type specifies what type of data the column can hold. For a complete reference of all the data
types available in MySQL, go to our complete Data Types reference.

Primary Keys and Auto Increment Fields

Each table should have a primary key field.

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A primary key is used to uniquely identify the rows in a table. Each primary key value must be unique
within the table. Furthermore, the primary key field cannot be null because the database engine requires
a value to locate the record.

The following example sets the personID field as the primary key field. The primary key field is often an
ID number, and is often used with the AUTO_INCREMENT setting. AUTO_INCREMENT automatically
increases the value of the field by 1 each time a new record is added. To ensure that the primary key
field cannot be null, we must add the NOT NULL setting to the field.

Example
$sql = "CREATE TABLE Persons
(
personID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY(personID),
FirstName varchar(15),
LastName varchar(15),
Age int
)";

mysql_query($sql,$con);

PHP MySQL Insert Into

The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert new records in a table.

Insert Data Into a Database Table

The INSERT INTO statement is used to add new records to a database table.

Syntax

It is possible to write the INSERT INTO statement in two forms.

The first form doesn't specify the column names where the data will be inserted, only their values:

INSERT INTO table_name

VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...)

The second form specifies both the column names and the values to be inserted:

INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3,...)

VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...)

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statements above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

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Example

In the previous chapter we created a table named "Persons", with three columns; "Firstname",
"Lastname" and "Age". We will use the same table in this example. The following example adds two new
records to the "Persons" table:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)

VALUES ('Peter', 'Griffin', '35')");

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)

VALUES ('Glenn', 'Quagmire', '33')");

mysql_close($con);
?>

Insert Data From a Form Into a Database

Now we will create an HTML form that can be used to add new records to the "Persons" table.

Here is the HTML form:

<form action="insert.php" method="post">

Firstname: <input type="text" name="firstname" />
Lastname: <input type="text" name="lastname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

When a user clicks the submit button in the HTML form in the example above, the form data is sent to
"insert.php".

The "insert.php" file connects to a database, and retrieves the values from the form with the PHP
$_POST variables.

Then, the mysql_query() function executes the INSERT INTO statement, and a new record will be added
to the "Persons" table.

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Here is the "insert.php" page:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)

VALUES
('$_POST[firstname]','$_POST[lastname]','$_POST[age]')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "1 record added";

mysql_close($con)
?>

PHP MySQL Select

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database.

Select Data From a Database Table

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database.

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

Example

The following example selects all the data stored in the "Persons" table (The * character selects all the
data in the table):

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");

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if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['FirstName'] . " " . $row['LastName'];
echo "<br />";
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

The example above stores the data returned by the mysql_query() function in the $result variable.

Next, we use the mysql_fetch_array() function to return the first row from the recordset as an array.
Each call to mysql_fetch_array() returns the next row in the recordset. The while loop loops through all
the records in the recordset. To print the value of each row, we use the PHP $row variable
($row['FirstName'] and $row['LastName']).

The output of the code above will be:

Peter Griffin
Glenn Quagmire

Display the Result in an HTML Table

The following example selects the same data as the example above, but will display the data in an HTML
table:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons");

echo "<table border='1'>

<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>

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</tr>";

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['FirstName'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['LastName'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

mysql_close($con);
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Firstname Lastname

Glenn Quagmire

Peter Griffin

PHP MySQL The Where Clause

The WHERE clause is used to filter records.

The WHERE clause

The WHERE clause is used to extract only those records that fulfill a specified criterion.

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

Example

The following example selects all rows from the "Persons" table where "FirstName='Peter':

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");

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if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE FirstName='Peter'");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['FirstName'] . " " . $row['LastName'];
echo "<br />";
}
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Peter Griffin

PHP MySQL Order By Keyword

The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the data in a recordset.

The ORDER BY Keyword

The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the data in a recordset.

The ORDER BY keyword sort the records in ascending order by default.

If you want to sort the records in a descending order, you can use the DESC keyword.

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

Example

The following example selects all the data stored in the "Persons" table, and sorts the result by the
"Age" column:

<?php

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$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY age");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['FirstName'];
echo " " . $row['LastName'];
echo " " . $row['Age'];
echo "<br />";
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Glenn Quagmire 33
Peter Griffin 35

Order by Two Columns

It is also possible to order by more than one column. When ordering by more than one column, the
second column is only used if the values in the first column are equal:

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column1, column2

PHP MySQL Update

The UPDATE statement is used to modify data in a table.

Update Data in a Database

The UPDATE statement is used to update existing records in a table.

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Syntax
UPDATE table_name
SET column1=value, column2=value2,...
WHERE some_column=some_value

Note: Notice the WHERE clause in the UPDATE syntax. The WHERE clause specifies which record or
records that should be updated. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records will be updated!

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

Example

Earlier in the tutorial we created a table named "Persons". Here is how it looks:

FirstName LastName Age

Peter Griffin 35

Glenn Quagmire 33

The following example updates some data in the "Persons" table:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

mysql_query("UPDATE Persons SET Age = '36'

WHERE FirstName = 'Peter' AND LastName = 'Griffin'");

mysql_close($con);
?>

After the update, the "Persons" table will look like this:

FirstName LastName Age

Peter Griffin 36

Glenn Quagmire 33

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PHP MySQL Delete

The DELETE statement is used to delete records in a table.

Delete Data In a Database

The DELETE FROM statement is used to delete records from a database table.

Syntax
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE some_column = some_value

Note: Notice the WHERE clause in the DELETE syntax. The WHERE clause specifies which record or
records that should be deleted. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records will be deleted!

To learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL tutorial.

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is
used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection.

Example

Look at the following "Persons" table:

FirstName LastName Age

Peter Griffin 35

Glenn Quagmire 33

The following example deletes all the records in the "Persons" table where LastName='Griffin':

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

mysql_query("DELETE FROM Persons WHERE LastName='Griffin'");

mysql_close($con);
?>

After the deletion, the table will look like this:

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FirstName LastName Age

Glenn Quagmire 33

PHP Filesystem Functions

PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports the function.

Function Description PHP

basename() Returns the filename component of a path 3

chgrp() Changes the file group 3

chmod() Changes the file mode 3

chown() Changes the file owner 3

clearstatcache() Clears the file status cache 3

copy() Copies a file 3

delete() See unlink() or unset()

dirname() Returns the directory name component of a path 3

disk_free_space() Returns the free space of a directory 4

disk_total_space() Returns the total size of a directory 4

diskfreespace() Alias of disk_free_space() 3

fclose() Closes an open file 3

feof() Tests for end-of-file on an open file 3

fflush() Flushes buffered output to an open file 4

fgetc() Returns a character from an open file 3

fgetcsv() Parses a line from an open file, checking for CSV fields 3

fgets() Returns a line from an open file 3

fgetss() Returns a line, with HTML and PHP tags removed, from an open file 3

file() Reads a file into an array 3

file_exists() Checks whether or not a file or directory exists 3

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file_get_contents() Reads a file into a string 4

file_put_contents Writes a string to a file 5

fileatime() Returns the last access time of a file 3

filectime() Returns the last change time of a file 3

filegroup() Returns the group ID of a file 3

fileinode() Returns the inode number of a file 3

filemtime() Returns the last modification time of a file 3

fileowner() Returns the user ID (owner) of a file 3

fileperms() Returns the permissions of a file 3

filesize() Returns the file size 3

filetype() Returns the file type 3

flock() Locks or releases a file 3

fnmatch() Matches a filename or string against a specified pattern 4

fopen() Opens a file or URL 3

fpassthru() Reads from an open file, until EOF, and writes the result to the 3
output buffer

fputcsv() Formats a line as CSV and writes it to an open file 5

fputs() Alias of fwrite() 3

fread() Reads from an open file 3

fscanf() Parses input from an open file according to a specified format 4

fseek() Seeks in an open file 3

fstat() Returns information about an open file 4

ftell() Returns the current position in an open file 3

ftruncate() Truncates an open file to a specified length 4

fwrite() Writes to an open file 3

glob() Returns an array of filenames / directories matching a specified 4

pattern

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is_dir() Checks whether a file is a directory 3

is_executable() Checks whether a file is executable 3

is_file() Checks whether a file is a regular file 3

is_link() Checks whether a file is a link 3

is_readable() Checks whether a file is readable 3

is_uploaded_file() Checks whether a file was uploaded via HTTP POST 3

is_writable() Checks whether a file is writeable 4

is_writeable() Alias of is writable() 3

link() Creates a hard link 3

linkinfo() Returns information about a hard link 3

lstat() Returns information about a file or symbolic link 3

mkdir() Creates a directory 3

move_uploaded_file() Moves an uploaded file to a new location 4

parse_ini_file() Parses a configuration file 4

pathinfo() Returns information about a file path 4

pclose() Closes a pipe opened by popen() 3

popen() Opens a pipe 3

readfile() Reads a file and writes it to the output buffer 3

readlink() Returns the target of a symbolic link 3

realpath() Returns the absolute pathname 4

rename() Renames a file or directory 3

rewind() Rewinds a file pointer 3

rmdir() Removes an empty directory 3

set_file_buffer() Sets the buffer size of an open file 3

stat() Returns information about a file 3

symlink() Creates a symbolic link 3

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tempnam() Creates a unique temporary file 3

tmpfile() Creates a unique temporary file 3

touch() Sets access and modification time of a file 3

umask() Changes file permissions for files 3

unlink() Deletes a file 3

PHP Mail Functions

PHP Mail Introduction

The mail () function allows you to send emails directly from a script.

Requirements

For the mail functions to be available, PHP requires an installed and working email system. The program
to be used is defined by the configuration settings in the php.ini file.

Installation

The mail functions are part of the PHP core. There is no installation needed to use these functions.

Runtime Configuration

The behavior of the mail functions is affected by settings in the php.ini file.

Mail configuration options:

Name Default Description Changeable

SMTP "localhost" Windows only: The DNS name or IP PHP_INI_ALL

address of the SMTP server

smtp_port "25" Windows only: The SMTP port number. PHP_INI_ALL

Available since PHP 4.3

sendmail_from NULL Windows only: Specifies the "from" PHP_INI_ALL

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address to be used in email sent from PHP

sendmail_path NULL Unix systems only: Specifies where the PHP_INI_SYSTEM

sendmail program can be found (usually
/usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/lib/sendmail)

PHP Mail Functions

PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports the function.

Function Description PHP

ezmlm_hash() Calculates the hash value needed by the EZMLM mailing list system 3

mail() Allows you to send emails directly from a script 3

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