Lecture 7 web design khalidah ali ahmed

INTRODUCTION TO A SERVER

A server is a system (software and

suitable computer hardware) that
responds to requests across
a computer network to provide, or
help to provide, a network service.
Servers can be run on a dedicated
computer, which is also often
referred to as "the server", but many
networked computers are capable of
hosting servers. In many cases, a
computer can provide several
services and have several servers
running.

 The term server is used quite broadly in information technology.

Despite the many server-branded products available (such as server
versions of hardware, software or operating systems), in theory any
computerized process that shares a resource to one or more client
processes is a server. To illustrate this, take the common example
of file sharing. While the existence of files on a machine does not
classify it as a server, the mechanism which shares these files to
clients by the operating system is the server.

 Similarly, consider a web server application (such as

the multiplatform "Apache HTTP Server"). This web server
software can be run on any capable computer. For example, while
a laptop or personal computer is not typically known as a server,
they can in these situations fulfill the role of one, and hence be
labeled as one. It is, in this case, the machine's role that places it in
the category of server.

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 In the hardware sense, the word server typically designates

computer models intended for hosting software applications under
the heavy demand of a network environment. In this server
configuration one or more machines, either a computer or
a computer appliance, share information with each other with one
acting as a host for the other.

SERVER HRDWARE
Hardware requirement for servers vary,
depending on the server application.
Absolute CPU speed is not quite as critical
to a server as it is to a desktop machine.
Servers' duties to provide service to many
users over a network lead to different
requirements such as fast network
connections and high I/O throughout.
Since servers are usually accessed over a
network, they may run in headless mode
without a monitor or input device.
Processes that are not needed for the
server's function are not used. Many
servers do not have a graphical user
interface (GUI) as it is unnecessary and
consumes resources that could be allocated
elsewhere. Similarly, audio
and USB interfaces may be omitted.

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• In the client/server programming model, a

server is a program that awaits and fulfills
requests from client programs in the same
or other computers. A given application in
a computer may function as a client with
requests for services from other programs
and also as a server of requests from other
programs.
• Specific to the Web, a web server is the
computer program (housed in a computer)
that serves requested html pages or files. A
Web client is the requesting program
associated with the user. The
Web Browser in your computer is a client
that requests HTML files from Web
servers.

TYPES OF SERVER
1. Application server a server dedicated to running certain software
applications.
2. Catalog server a central search point for information across a
distributed network.
3. Communications server carrier-grade computing platform for
communications networks.
4. Compute server, a server intended for intensive (esp. scientific)
computations.
5. Database server provides database services to other computer
programs or computers.
6. Fax server provides fax services for clients.
7. File server provides remote access to files.
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8. Game server a server that video game clients connect to in order to

play online together.
9. Home server a server for the home.
10.Mail server handles transport of and access to email.
11.Mobile Server or Server on the Go is an Intel Xeon processor based
server class laptop form factor computer.
12.Name server or DNS.
13.Print server
Uprovides printer services.
14.Proxy server acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking
resources from other servers.
15.Sound server provides multimedia broadcasting, streaming.
16.Stand-alone server a server on a Windows network that neither
belongs to nor governs a Windows domain
17.Web server a server that HTTP clients connect to in order to send
commands and receive responses along with data contents

SERVER OPERATING SYSTEM

Server-oriented operating systems tend to have certain features that

make them more suitable for the server environment, such as:

1. GUI not available or optional

2. Ability to reconfigure and update both hardware and software to some
extent without restart
3. Advanced backup facilities to permit regular and frequent online
backups of critical data
4. Transparent data transfer between different volumes or devices
5. Flexible and advanced networking capabilities
6. Automation capabilities such as daemons in UNIX and services in
Windows
7. Tight system security, with advanced user, resource, data, and
memory protection.

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Server-oriented operating systems can, in many cases, interact with

hardware sensors to detect conditions such as overheating, processor and
disk failure, and consequently alert an operator or take remedial measures
themselves.

DIFFERENT SIZE OF SERVER

• Rack server
• Tower server
• Miniature (home) servers
• Mini Rack server
• Blade server
• Mobile server

PHP: Server-Side Programming Languages in Web

Development

Dynamic and Static Webpages:

When we want to design a website so there are two types of website pages or
web pages, which is static and dynamic web pages. The static web pages
take data which don’t change or may change but not using any database and
we can also say that static web pages don’t interface with online database.
But the dynamic web pages interface online database, it’s all data store in
database and use MySQL to retrieve all data from database on the web
pages. As we can make login pages, and registration pages and many other
kind of web pages.

Techniques being used in Website developing:

We use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, JQuery and
many other techniques for developing web pages, to make web pages more
attractive and more useful. As there are CMS (Content Management
System), which are JOOMLA, WORDPRESS, DRUPAL. These three
CMS are being commonly used in the market of website developing.

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Because these three CMS made the designing of web pages more easy. And
these CMS help us to design dynamic web pages.

For dynamic web pages we use CMS if we want to design web pages easily
and attractive, we can also design web pages by our own thoughts using
PHP and MySQL. In which age we are living it is the time to create dynamic
web pages. Of course, without using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX we
can’t use just PHP and MySQL but the main thing is that make secure web
pages which should secure data and be useful, which is done by PHP and
MySQL.

Server Side Programming Language:

PHP is a language which is used as server side programming language.
Programming with PHP is not a difficult job or task. Because if you learnt
C/C++ programming so it will be not change for you but at some places you
will feel lot of changes using of keywords as there is no any kind of data
type or primitive type in PHP programming. PHP is an easy programming
language for those people who learnt by heart the JavaScript client side web
programming language, and fully experience on C/C++.

The first programming language which is understood by Human that

is C/C++, that’s why other all programming languages else they are website
programming or Desktop application programming languages have same
features and using methods like C/C++. We can say the PHP programming
is an Object Oriented programming, because it has also inheritance,
polymorphism etc. techniques.

PHP is a server scripting language, and a powerful tool for making dynamic
and interactive Web pages.
PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as
Microsoft's ASP.

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Easy Learning with "Show PHP"

Our "Show PHP" tool makes it easy to learn PHP, it shows both the PHP
source code and the HTML output of the code.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html> What is PHP?

<html>
<body>  PHP is an
acronym for "PHP:
<?php Hypertext
echo "My first PHP script!"; Preprocessor"
?>  PHP is a
widely-used, open
</body> source scripting
</html> language
 PHP scripts are
executed on the server
 PHP is free to download and use

PHP is an amazing and popular language!

It is powerful enough to be at the core of the biggest blogging system

on the web (WordPress)!
It is deep enough to run the largest social network (Facebook)!
It is also easy enough to be a beginner's first server side language!

What is a PHP File?

 PHP files can contain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP code
 PHP code are executed on the server, and the result is returned to the
browser as plain HTML
 PHP files have extension ". php"

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What Can PHP Do?

 PHP can generate dynamic page content
 PHP can create, open, read, write, delete, and close files on the server
 PHP can collect form data
 PHP can send and receive cookies
 PHP can add, delete, modify data in your database
 PHP can be used to control user-access
 PHP can encrypt data

With PHP you are not limited to output HTML. You can output images,
PDF files, and even Flash movies. You can also output any text, such as
XHTML and XML.

Why PHP?
 PHP runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X,
etc.)
 PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS,
etc.)
 PHP supports a wide range of databases
 PHP is free. Download it from the official PHP resource:
www.php.net
 PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

What Do I Need?
To start using PHP, you can:

 Find a web host with PHP and MySQL support

 Install a web server on your own PC, and then install PHP and
MySQL

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Use a Web Host With PHP Support

If your server has activated support for PHP you do not need to do anything.
Just create some. php files, place them in your web directory, and the server
will automatically parse them for you.
You do not need to compile anything or install any extra tools.
Because PHP is free, most web hosts offer PHP support.

Set Up PHP on Your Own PC

However, if your server does not support PHP, you must:

 install a web server

 install PHP
 install a database, such as MySQL

The official PHP website (PHP.net) has installation instructions for PHP:
http://php.net/manual/en/install.php

Basic PHP Syntax

A PHP script can be placed anywhere in the document.
A PHP script starts with <?php and ends with ?>:

<?php
// PHP code goes here
?>
The default file extension for PHP files is ".php".
A PHP file normally contains HTML tags, and some PHP scripting code.
Below, we have an example of a simple PHP file, with a PHP script that uses
a built-in PHP function "echo" to output the text "Hello World!" on a web
page:

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Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My first PHP page</h1>
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
</body>
</html>

Output; hello word

Creating (Declaring) PHP Variables

In PHP, a variable starts with the $ sign, followed by the name of the
variable:

Example

<?php
$txt = "Hello world!";
$x = 5;
$y = 10.5;
?>

After the execution of the statements above, the variable $txt will hold the
value Hello world!, the variable $x will hold the value 5, and the variable $y
will hold the value 10.5.
Note: When you assign a text value to a variable, put quotes around the
value.

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Note: Unlike other programming languages, PHP has no command for

declaring a variable. It is created the moment you first assign a value to it.

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