Weekly Assignment

CS2623: Server-Side Programming
SSP04: String Functions

Objective:

Describe the role of PHP
Use String functions
Use escape characters

Points

Full Credit: 40 Points
Late/Resubmit Credit: 36 Points

Situation

In this assignment, new web pages will be created. The ones from projects 3-1 to 3.3 will be linked to the main pages in Chapter 4. The ones from projects 3-4 and 3-5 will be linked Chapter 5. For now, they will will be created inside the Chinese Zodiac folder but will only be accessible by entering their full URL.

IMPORTANT:

In Discovery Project 3-1 and 3-2, home_links_bar.inc should be named inc_home_links_bar.php as shown in Discovery Project 3-3.
Include files will not validate when viewed outside of the parent web page because they do not include DTD and basic XHTML tags. That is acceptable. However, when the are validated as part of the parent web page, they must not prevent the parent page from validating. The entire parent web page must validate for both XHTML and CSS.

Need a Visual Reference?
View the following video on YouTube of past student sites. In most of the cases the entire web page is not included in the screen shot, just enough to let you see the functionality of each project assignment. These videos are in a restricted area and intended for use only by students in this class.
Disclaimer: If you see something that is contradictory to our class assignments, please ask. Do not assume that since it is on the video that it is 100% correct.

String Functions

The video shows the 5 php files which will eventually be incorporated into the site. On inc_home_links_bar.php, there is an extra link (Site Feedback) which will be added later in the course. .For now, there should only be PHP and Chinese Zodiac as outlined in the text.
To give you an idea of how all of the include files will be eventually displayed within index.php it is thought that the following annotated web page might help with understanding how they will all be tied together.

Chinese Zodiac with Include Files

Note: Students may NOT copy the text from the sample for use in their site. Every student must write their own text. Copying this text and using it as your own will be considered plagiarism and handled accordingly.

Specifications

Discovery Projects 3-1 to 3-5 on pp. 180-187.
All work will be done in the ChineseZodiac folder. Includes will go in the includes folder and images (if any new ones) will go in the images folder.
Do not include basic XHTML structure tags (DTD, <body>, <head>, etc), or meta tags. This file will be incorporated into the template file and thus have access to those items.
Temporarily link to the CSS file and format these pages. Add CSS rules to the CSS file as needed. Be sure to update the Table of Contents in the remarks at the top of the CSS file. When these pages are added to the main site the CSS link will be removed since it will already be included in the index.php file.
It is highly recommended that you do Discovery Project 3-3 first. Project 3-1 and 3-2 will then make more sense.
Discovery Project 3-3
- This page will only have the text for two links which will be created later - how easy is that?!
  It is to be named inc_home_links_bar.php not home_links_bar.php
Discovery Project 3-1 (Follow the instructions in the text with the following specifications.)
- Again, home_links_bar.inc should be named inc_home_links_bar.php
- If you did not include information about each of the animals in your previous text, it must be included at this point.
  - The following might be a helpful reference but feel free to use others. http://www.chinesezodiac.com/signs.php
  - This information must be formatted as a definition list.
Discovery Project 3-2 (Follow the instructions in the text with the following specifications.)
- home_links_bar.inc should be named inc_php_info.php
- The PHP information must be at least 3 paragraphs in length.
Discovery Project 3-4 and 3-5(Follow the instructions in the text with the following specifications.)
- These two files will also be include files. Name them as inc_SimilarNames.php and inc_EmbeddedWords.php.
Upload the new or modified files in the ChineseZodiac folder to Apollo1

Recurring Specifications:

For this assignment, the normal recurring specification will not apply since they pages are include files and not stand-alone web pages.

Code must be easy to read and properly indented.
Documentation must be appropriate and meaningful.
Tables may not be used for general layout and only when specifically indicated in an assignment.
JavaScript may not be used in assignments unless specifically indicated. One exception is the date late modified at the bottom of the web page.

Assignment Submission