This is a very basic example of php/mysql.We used to make use of mysql database and a php file for getting this done.To run this code you can first create database as provided in sql here and after creating database run this code.Make modifications as you want to do in it.
<html>
<head>
<title>Phone Book Example</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=”#f6f6f6″ style=”font-family:arial”>
<marquee behavior=”alternate”>
<font size=’7′>Welcome to Phone Book Demo</font>
</marquee>
<br/><hr/><br/>
<table border=”1″ align=”center” width=”100%”>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 align=”center”>Enter Details</h2>
<table border=”1″ align=”center”>
<form action=”phonebookDemo.php” method=”post”>
<tr><td>First Name:</td><td><input type=”text” name=”FirstName” /></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name:</td><td><input type=”text” name=”LastName” /></td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone Number:</td><td><input type=”text” name=”PhoneNumber” /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=”2″ align=”center”><input type=”submit” value=”Add Contact” /></td></tr>
</form>
</table>
</td>
<td>
<?php
//Connectivity with MySql
$con=mysql_connect(”localhost”,”root”,”");
if(!$con)
{
echo “You are unable to connect with server</br>”;
die(”Error : “.mysql_error());
}
//Connectivity with database in MySql.
mysql_select_db(”phonebook”,$con);
$firstname = $_REQUEST['FirstName'];
$lastname = $_REQUEST['LastName'];
$phone = $_REQUEST['PhoneNumber'];
if($firstname != “” )
{
@mysql_query(”INSERT INTO contacts (FirstName,LastName,PhoneNumber) VALUES(’”.mysql_escape_string($firstname).”‘, ‘”.mysql_escape_string($lastname).”‘, ‘”.mysql_escape_string($phone).”‘)”);
$msg=”Record Added in phonebook”;
}
if($_REQUEST['action']==”del”)
{
@mysql_query(”DELETE FROM contacts WHERE id=”.intval($_REQUEST['id']).”;”);
}
$result = mysql_query(”SELECT * FROM contacts”);
echo “<table border=’1′ align=’center’ cellpadding=’5′>”;
echo “<tr><th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Phone Number</th>
<th>Action</th>”;
if(!mysql_num_rows($result))echo “<tr><td colspan=4>No entry in phonebook</td></tr>”;
if($result)
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo “<tr>”;
echo “<td>”.$row['FirstName'].”</td>”;
echo “<td>”.$row['LastName'].”</td>”;
echo “<td>”.$row['PhoneNumber'].”</td>”;
echo “<td><a onclick=\”return confirm(’Are u sure to delete this entry?’);\” href=’phonebookDemo.php?action=del&id=”.$row['id'].”‘>Delete</a></td>”;
echo “</tr>”;
}
}
echo “</table>”;
//mysql_query(”DELETE FROM contacts WHERE FirstName=’Kuldeep’”);
mysql_query($sql,$con);
mysql_close($con);
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
SQl for This exampple:-
CREATE TABLE `contacts` (
`id` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`FirstName` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
`LastName` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
`PhoneNumber` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=6 ;
–
– Dumping data for table `contacts`
–
INSERT INTO `contacts` (`id`, `FirstName`, `LastName`, `PhoneNumber`) VALUES (3, ‘Inder’, ‘Singh’, ‘98726-82279′),
(5, ‘Inderweb’, ‘India’, ‘98726-82279′);
A Mysql injection is attack tried by site visitors/users to get/damage data in databases by taking benefit from poor programming of websites.An injection attack occurs when a visitor to your site types something into a form input with the purpose of changing the outcome of your MySQL query. For example, at a login screen someone may try this type of attack to gain access to a secure area of the website.
If your query to check the username and password entered by the user was this:
“SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ‘”.$_POST['username'].”‘ AND password = ‘”.$_POST['password'].”‘”
Someone could login by using any username and for the password they would type ‘ OR ”=” which would be placed into your MySQL query changing it to be:
“SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ‘anyuser’ AND password = ” OR ”=””
As you can see, MySQL injection attacks can be pretty serious depending on the information the person has access to once they are logged in. It is very important for you to secure your site against injection attacks. Luckily, PHP can aid you in preventing injection attacks.
MySQL will then return all the rows in the table and then, depending on your script’s logic, you will probably log them in because there was a match. Now, in most cases, people have magic_quotes_gpc turned on (it’s the PHP default) which will add backslashes to escape all ‘ (single-quote), ” (double quote), (backslash) and NULL characters. This is not foolproof though because there are other characters that should be escaped to be safe.
Preventing Mysql/PHP injections:-
There are php mysql functions to prevent such type of things:
into your queries. One of The function is mysql_real_escape_string().
use Like :- $value = “‘” . mysql_real_escape_string($value) . “‘”;
For integer values dont forgot to use intval() function
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows a person to transfer files between two computers,
generally connected via the Internet. If your system has FTP and is connected to the Internet,
you can access very large amounts of files available on a great number of computer systems.
If you are on Bitnet or a UUCP host, you should look for servers that work through electronic
mail (e-mail). A good source of information on archives in general, is the Usenet newsgroup comp.archives.
When using FTP, you use a program, called a 'client' to connect to a machine that holds the files, a 'server'.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the simplest and most secure way to exchange files over the Internet. Whether you know it or not, you most likely use FTP all the time.
The most common use for FTP is to download files from the Internet. Because of this, FTP is the backbone of the MP3 music craze, and vital to most online auction and game enthusiasts. In addition, the ability to transfer files back-and-forth makes FTP essential for anyone creating a Web page, amateurs and professionals alike.
When downloading a file from the Internet you’re actually transferring the file to your computer from another computer over the Internet. This is why the T (transfer) is in FTP. You may not know where the computer is that the file is coming from but you most likely know it’s URL or Internet address.
An FTP address looks a lot like an HTTP, or Website, address except it uses the prefix ftp:// instead of http://.
FTP CLients:-
There are many ftp clients
FileZilla Client (also referred to as FileZilla) is a free, open source, cross-platform FTP client. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). As of June 20, 2008, it was the 10th most popular download of all time from SourceForge.net.FileZilla Server is a sister product of FileZilla Client. It is an FTP server supported by the same project and features support for FTP and FTP over SSL/TLS.FileZilla’s source code is hosted on SourceForge. The project was featured as Project of the Month in November 2003.
What is SmartFTP?(SMARTFTP)
SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. With its many basic and advanced features SmartFTP also offers secure, reliable and efficient transfers that make it a powerful tool. Click here to Download our ftp software.
Windows XP / IE like user interface. XP Theme Support SSL (Implicit/Explicit), Drag & Drop within internal windows and from Explorer, Multi Connections (remote and local), FXP support and more. Free for personal use. (5.2MB)
FTP Password Recovery emulates a local FTP server and thereby allows you to recover the FTP login password for any FTP account you may have, as long as it is cached inside an FTP client program. FTP passwords are commonly cached by FTP programs (WSFTP, CuteFTP etc.), so you don’t have to enter them each time, but they are usually masked by asterisk or not shown at all. To recover those passwords, you can use the client, that holds the cached password, and connect to FTP Password Recovery, which will then reveal the password it receives from the FTP program. The program can only recover the passwords that are stored on your computer. (9KB)
RightFTP features: multi-threaded data transfers, firewall support, ability to change remote file/directory attributes, passive data transfer and more. (768KB)
FTP Client with SSL/TLS, site to site transfers, drag & drop browser integration, and many other advanced features. Free for non-commercial use. (1.5MB)
JFTP is written entirely in Java. Graphical FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client application for transferring files between your PC and an FTP site. Requires JVM installed on your computer. (3MB)
It allows you browse several FTP site at the same time, you can also create a task and add the files into it, the task can execute automatically, it makes the updating and backuping very easy. Another new feature is History Manage, it can record the detail of uploading and downloading every time, when you are going to update your web site, you can re-execute the history simply. (2MB)
With rcFTP you can rightclick on any file in your Windows Explorer, and choose Send To - Upload with rcFTP. It works fast and easy, without the need of a full blown FTP client like WS_FTP. It supports multiple file selections. (200KB)
Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. It uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol. (1.4MB)
Ability to store and configure your connections using the explorer-style advanced site management. Ability to make server-to-server file transfers. Ability to open several FTP sites easily. Ability to execute multiple file transfers concurrently. (3MB)
Red Drive is a free file transfer extension that integrates with your Windows Explorer environment allowing you to drag, drop, open and edit files on remote servers without launching a separate file transfer client. Red Drive supports various file transfer protocols including FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), SFTP (FTP over SSH) and WebDAV. (914KB)
The convenient Client Explorer and Server Explorer in ALFTP have easy to use “tree views” so you can browse, move, and transfer files on FTP servers just like you already do on your own PC. Free for non-commercial use. (6.5MB)
m2ftp is a so-called FTP-client - a software which is used to establish a connection to an FTP-server. m2ftp can be used to easily up and download as well as administer data files and directories, without users having to know the functionalities of FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Free for non-commercial use. (5.4MB)
URL reqriting is Simple Rewriting Your URLS (links) Also Redirecting Them To Known URLS.e.g you’ll make the link : view_my_profile.html –> Is Redirected to function.php?op=3
so instead of the link “function.php?op=3″ Which isn’t enough describing itself we’ll make the link “view_my_profile.html” Which is very describtive.Why using mod_reqrite?. Now see if your site has more than 10,000 Links (Dynamic Website) , do you think we would make 10,000 html files ??
=>Of course Not , and here’s the Use Of Mod-Rewrite. We can achive dynamic pages from code and rewrite their URL using this module.
=>well simply This is Very very useful for search Engines to correctly index Your website and gather keywords, we’ll talk about this in details in “Search Engine Optimization Tips”
How to Enable Mod_rewrite:-
how to configure mod_reqrite to work It Depends On Your Operating System (Server’s Software) .
For Linux It’s Supported By Default (in Most Of The Servers) - ModRewrite Is An Apache Module You Don’t Have To Setup Anything And We wont Go On How To Install The Mod-Rewrite On Your Linux Server Cause It’s little Advanced And Complicated.However you can have mod_rewrite module loaded in apache.
For windows : A lot of developers think that it’s not supported by windows server but infact it is.I’ll Describe How You Can Set it Up On windows (Assuming That You Have IIS installed On Your PC/Server).But If You Haven’t Then You Can Refer To This Post: showthread.php?t=1 (http://www.phpegypt.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1)
For Windows XP / 2003 Server
You Must Download The Files From ( http://www.iismods.com/download.htm ) also I Attached It to This Post .. [It's Free Released under the GNU General Public License (v2)](May be this link is not working sometimes.)
Place It Somewhere on your H.D.D let’s Say “c:\mod_rewrite”
Goto Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services
You’ll Find Your Computer name And bet ween 2 Brackets (localhost) Click it -> open “Web Sites” -> “Default Website”.
Right click on “Default Website” Choose “properties”.
You’ll Find Many Tabs At The Top Click “ISAPI Filters”.
Click Add, Enter “MOD_REWRITE” As The filert name And For The executable Click “Browse” And Choose The file “c:\mod_rewrite\mod_rewrite.dll” or just choose The file “mod_rewrite.dll” Which You Extracted In The Desired Folder.
Now Click “Ok” ,Mod Rewrite Should Appear In The List now With Empty Status , and Filername = “MOD_REWRITE” and priority *unknown*..
Now You’re Ready To Run The MOD_REWRITE, Click Start->Run
Enter the following “iisreset” and click O.K It’ll Perform 4 Quick Operations (restart the iis server) And The window Will Close After That You’re Ready To Test Your ModRewriteNow Assuming That Everything Goes Right.
Apache/Wamp PHP based:-
For apache windows WAMP server you can turn the mod_rewrite extension on by
Right clicking on wamp icon click on mod_rewrite.
Restart wamp server.
Apache Linux/Windows Without WAMP:-
RewriteRule SourceDestintion[options]
Description:
RewriteRule:Syntax Keyword That Must Exist Before Any Rule
Source: The Source Link That Will Appear In Browser & For Users
Destintion:The Translated (Replaced) Link That Will Appear To The Server.
[options]: Some Extra Options That Can Be Left Empty
e.g. [L] To make This Rule The Last And Server Shouldn’t Continue Fetching Rules After it . . . And many Other Options That Will Come Later
Your .htaccess (apache) should be looking like this :
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^login.html index.php?do=login
Or your mod_rewrite.ini (IIS with mod_rewrite FILTER):
Debug 0 # This Line Isn’t Important
Reload 500 # This Line Isn’t Important
RewriteRule ^login.html index.php?do=login
=>In Windows Your Rules Will be Written In The file “c:\mod_rewrite\mod_rewrite.ini” And In Linux (Apache) Rules Will be written in “.htaccess” (A File That Will/May be located on the root of your website).
Many times it is needed to get the structure of table in PHP file or drupal module.There may be conditions that you dont have got admin user name and passwords for cpanel/phpmyadmin.In such cases you must have idea how to know the structure using a small PHP code.you can get connection info for mysql from code files or if you are using ftp it is sure that u can run a SQl query from code file.So below is the simple script for getting table info
Simple PHP Mysql
$table_name="node";
$sql=sprintf("SHOW COLUMNS FROM %s",$table_name);
$$rs=mysql_query($sql);
while($col=mysql_fetch_object($rs))
{
print_r($col);
}
Drupal And Mysql
$table_name="node";
$sql=sprintf("SHOW COLUMNS FROM %s",$table_name);
$$rs=db_query($sql);
while($col=db_fetch_object($rs))
{
print_r($col);
}
Once you have checked structure you must be able now to add alter structure of table using same code method:-
mysql_query("ALTER TABLE user_info ADD user_coupon varchar2(50)");
This is probably the most popular of all issues with with FlashVideo module in drupal. What causes this issue is when your FFMPEG installation does not have an MP3 codec installed with that module. If you are using a Linux server, you can easily verify if you FFMPEG is using an MP3 codec by simply typing the following command…
/usr/bin/ffmpeg --help
If it cannot find the FFMPEG binary, then you will need to change the path. Otherwise, you should see some information about your FFMPEG installation. In this information, look for where it says –enable-mp3, or maybe –enable-libmp3lame, or something that has to do with enabling an mp3 codec. If you do not see anything in your configuration that hints that your FFMPEG has an MP3 codec, then this is your problem…
So, here is how to fix it. What you need to do is install the mp3 codec for your ffmpeg binary. There are several articles out there that I would recommend on following to solve this issue. They are as follows.
Now, lets suppose that you DO see an MP3 codec installed in your FFMPEG binary, but still no luck. This is usually caused because in your FFMPEG Command within the FlashVideo Settings, you do not have the right name for the codec. By default, in the FFMPEG Settings within the FlashVideo Settings you will see that the FFMPEG command is set for…
What you will be most concerned with is the little part in this command that says -acodec mp3. The mp3 is the name of the codec that will be performing the mp3 conversion. So, when you called the help for the FFMPEG, you should have seen something that says something like –enable-libmp3lame or –enable-mp3, or maybe even something else that has mp3 in the name. Well, all you have to do now is change the FFMPEG command to reflect the same codec name that is given. So, for example, if your FFMPEG has enabled the libmp3lame codec, your FFMPEG command will look like the following…
Before using ffmpeg on linux system for video conversion we can check ffmpeg in following method.This will generate a thumbnail from one video file and will save in second given location this command can be run on linux command prompt after changing the source and destionations.
FFmpeg is an audio/video conversion tool. It includes libavcodec, the leading open source codec library. An experimental streaming server for live broadcasts is also included. The project was started by Fabrice Bellard (using the pseudonym “Gerard Lantau”), and is now maintained by Michael Niedermayer. Many FFmpeg developers are also part of the MPlayer project, and FFmpeg is hosted at the MPlayer project server.
FFmpeg is developed under Linux, but it can be compiled under most operating systems, including Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and AmigaOS. There are no releases. Instead, FFmpeg developers recommend using the latest Subversion snapshot as development attempts to maintain a stable trunk.[3] Released under the GNU Lesser General Public License or GNU General Public License (depending on which sub-libraries one would include), FFmpeg is free software.
FFmpeg is a computer program that can record, convert and stream digital audio and video in numerous formats.[1] FFmpeg is a command line tool that is composed of a collection of free software / open source libraries. It includes libavcodec, an audio/video codec library used by several other projects, and libavformat, an audio/video container mux and demux library. The name of the project comes from the MPEG video standards group, together with “FF” for “fast forward”.[2]
Installing FFMpeg
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
If you get package not found, then you will need to add few
lines in the yum repository for dag packages installation. Create a file named dag.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d with the following
contents on it
[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
For more information refer to this
faq depending on Centos version
Missing Dependency Error:
If you get missing dependency error like shown below, in the middle of ffmpeg
installation
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed
by package ffmpeg
Error: Missing Dependency: libtheora.so.0(libtheora.so.1.0) is needed by package
ffmpeg
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package ffmpeg
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package imlib2
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package a52dec
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package imlib2
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package gsm
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package x264
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package xvidcore
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package lame
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package a52dec
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package faad2
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package x264
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package lame
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package xvidcore
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package faac
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package faad2
Error: Missing Dependency: libgif.so.4 is needed by package imlib2
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package faac
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package gsm
Error: Missing Dependency: libpng12.so.0(PNG12_0) is needed by package imlib2
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package libmp4v2
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package libmp4v2
then most commonly you have GLIB 2.3 installed instead of GLIB 2.4 version.
To check the current GLIB version installed on your server. just use
yum list glib*
and it should list the latest GLIB package version.
The reason i was getting this error was my rpmforge packages was pointed to
centos 5 versions instead of centos 4.6.
To fix dependency error:
To fix this error, you might need to check your rpmforge packages compatible
to the release of your existing CentOS version.
Check the file /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and it should
look like for Centos 4.6(Final). If you have lines like http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge you might need to make changes to the rpmforge.repos
like shown below
Note: Backup the original rpmforge.repo file
before you edit its content.
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/$basearch/dag
To know what linux type and version you are running
cat /etc/redhat-release
Once this is done, do again yum install ffmpeg.
This trick resolved the problem in my linux box running Centos 4.6 and this
is the only way i found to install ffmpeg using yum.
To check the FFmpeg working:
Finally, check the ffmpeg whether it is working or not.
> ffmpeg
> ffmpeg -formats
> ffmpeg –help
// This lists path of mpeg, its modules and other path information
ffmpeg -i Input.file Output.file
To check what audi/video formats are supported
ffmpeg -formats > ffmpeg-format.txt
Open the ffmpeg-formats.txt to see the ooutput
D means decode
E means encode
V means video
A means audio
T = Truncated
Install FFMPEG-PHP Extension
FFmpeg-php
is a very good extension and wrapper for PHP which can pull useful information
about video through API interface. Inorder to install it you will need to download
the source file and then compile and install extension in your server. You can
download the source tarball : http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/
wget /path/to/this/file/ffmpeg-php-0.5.2.1.tbz2
tar -xjf ffmpeg-0.5.2.1.tbz2
phpize
./configure
make
make install
Common Errors
1. If you get command not found error for
phpize, then you will need to do yum install php-devel
2. If you get error like “ffmpeg headers not
found” while configuring the source.
configure: error: ffmpeg headers not found. Make sure ffmpeg is
compiled as shared libraries using the –enable-shared option
then it means you have not installed ffmpeg-devel packages.
To Fix: Just install ffmpeg-devel using
yum install ffmpeg-devel
3. If you get an error like shared libraries not found problem
and the program halts in the middle, then you must specify the ffmpeg installed
path explicitly to the ./configure.
configure: error: ffmpeg shared libraries not found. Make sure
ffmpeg is compiled as shared libraries using the –enable-shared option
To Fix:
1. First find out the ffmpeg path with ffmpeg –help command.
The prefix default path should be like /usr/local/cpffmpeg
2. Configure the FFmpeg-php with –with-ffmpeg option
./configure –with-ffmpeg=/usr/local/cpffmpeg
That should resolve the problem!
Editing PHP.INI
Once you have done that without any problems then you will see the php extension
file /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/ffmpeg.so
and you will need mention that extension in php.ini file
nano /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Put the below two lines at the end of the php.ini file
[ffmpeg]
extension=ffmpeg.so
Then restart the server service httpd restart
To check whether ffmpeg enabled with php, point your browser
to test.php file. It should show the confirmation of installed
ffmpeg php extension
// #test.php
<?php
phpinfo()
?>
If any case the ffmpeg does not show in the phpinfo() test make sure that php.ini
path to ffmpeg.so is correct. Still the problem occurs, the reason could be
you might be using older versions of ffmpeg-php which is buggy. Just download
the latest version of ffmpeg-php source then compile it.
Requirements before getting started with development or web programming
Any one who want to develop a web application must have the following systems:
1. A web server.
2. An editor to develop the web pages.
3. A browser to view the web page you develop.
4. A database program like MS Access, SQL Server etc, if your web site need to save data into a database.
In the real world situation, a web server will be hosted on a secure server, located in a safe place and will be always connected to high speed internet. However, to develop a web application, you don’t need to worry about security and internet connectivity. You can use your own development computer as the ‘Web Server’.
So, your development computer must have all the 4 program’s mentioned above running well.
Since this tutorial is guiding you to develop web sites using ASP.NET, all the tools we are going to talk here will be the ASP.NET specific tools.
Web Server
There are several types of web servers. But if you like to develop ASP.NET web applications, you need a specific web server called ‘Internet Information Server’ (IIS). And if you like to develop your web site using PHP then i will prefer you to use apache web server.
IIS comes as part of Windows. But it is not installed by default, when you install Windows. Please see the chapter ‘Installing IIS‘ to find more about installing IIS. IIS can be configured to work with PHP.But for PHP technologies Apache with LINUX is prefered.
Editor to develop web pages
Ideally, you do not need any special editor to develop a web application. If you are an expert, you can simply use ntoepad to type HTML and the code for the web pages.
You don’t need to work too on basics so Microsoft gives a tool called ‘Visual Studio .NET’ to edit web pages and write code for ASP.NET.
In case of other technologies then you can get EditPlus,Nusphere PHPed, Dreamweawear etc.You can just search on google for free programming editor and you will get a list
Visual Studio .NET (VS.NET)
Visual Studio .NET allows to easily create web pages. Some of the benefits in using Visual Studio .NEt are:
You can simply drag and drop html controls to the web page and VS.NET will automatically write the HTML tags for you.
Start typing an HTML tag and VS.NET will complete it! When you start typing a tag, VS.NET will show you the HTML tags starting with the characters you typed. So, you don’t need to even remember all the tags.
If you type any HTML tags wrong, VS.NET will highlight the errors and tell you how to correct it.
So, even if you are not an expert, VS.NET can help you develop great web pages.
Browser
You need a browser to view the web pages you create. If you have any windows operating system in your computer, you will already have a free browser (called ‘Internet Explorer’).You can also download and install other web browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Netscape navigator or Opera.Just search for any of keyword like Opera,Firefox and you will get a long listing.I will prefer you to have at least three browsers but having Mozilla’s and IE6 is better combination for testing and development purpose.
Database program
A database program like MS Access or SQL Server or SQL Express is required only if you need to save data into database. It is not mandatory that all web sites need a database program.But if you want to have a nice dynamic site then i will prefer to make use of databases.It greatly can reduce your file system load by keeping most of data in database and so will result interactive and dynamic web sites.Most of web sites these days are database driven.
For PHP users the suggested database is MySQL. You can get this free from mysql.com web site.
Downloading Required Softwares:-(PHP users)
In case you want to use PHP for web development then you can easily download You required softwares from internet.You can choose any of pref red one fromhere:-
WAMP (Window Apache MySQL PHP) combination of all of Window Apache MySQL PHP.Freely can be downloaded from internet.Search for WAMP and download this.
XAMP Same like WAMP integrates all tools like MYsql Apache into a common space.
Download Apache from apache.net,Mysql from mysql.com and install them seperatly.
