Using server side and client side programming together

For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))

I was back for first principles this morning for a delegate who - though very much an experienced programmer - is new to web work and HTML, and I put together a series of demonstrations using various web components ...

1. A straightforward HTML page, including document definition, a head and a body section, all carefully formed using Transitional XHTML. In separate windows - run the code and view source

2. Adding in some server side programming - in the form of PHP - to make the XHTML sent to the browser change depending on a calculation. The calculation of our example is simply to work out the date and time (including day of the week) and include them in the page. In separate windows - run the code and view source

3. For regular reporting and monitoring applications, you'll want a web page that's regularly updated - and the next step was for us to add in a refresh capability so that the page is updated automatically once a minute. In separate windows - run the code and view source

4. So far, our web page looks fairly basic - but it can look far smarter if we apply style / cascading style sheets, which we did in the next example. In separate windows - run the code and view source

5. A picture paints a thousand words, so let's add a graphic (.jpg) to our web page. In separate windows - run the code and view source

6. Finally, we used a Javascript program running in the browser to resize the image to fit the width of the window, and to resize it again if our user resizes the window once the page has loaded too. In separate windows - run the code and view source

There you are, then - XHTML, Server side programming (PHP), Client pull refresh, Style sheets (CSS), Images (JPG) and client side programming (Javascript) all in the one example - a mini "HOWTO" showing you how the various elements can be used together.
(written 2008-08-11)

Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles

W603 - Web and Intranet - Server Side Technologies
  [642] How similar are two words - (2006-03-11)
  [653] Easy feed! - (2006-03-21)
  [732] Where is a web site visitor browsing from - (2006-05-24)
  [1020] Parallel processing in PHP - (2007-01-03)
  [1031] robots.txt - a clue to hidden pages? - (2007-01-13)
  [1355] .php or .html extension? Morally Static Pages - (2007-09-17)
  [1365] Korn Shell scripts on the web - (2007-09-25)
  [1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath) - (2008-02-24)
  [1615] PHP training courses every month - (2008-04-18)
  [2055] Effect on server when memory runs out and swapping starts - (2009-02-26)
  [2282] Checking robots.txt from Python - (2009-07-12)
  [3705] Django Training Courses - UK - (2012-04-23)
  [3915] How does PHP work? - (2012-11-07)
  [4277] Sending a message to the server and changing text on a page when a button is pressed - (2014-05-23)

W602 - Web and Intranet - Client Side Technologies
  [411] Javascript examples (some PHP and MySQL too) - (2005-08-13)
  [522] Javascript events - a good example - (2005-12-09)
  [1322] Flash - is it available to your web page? - (2007-08-26)
  [1681] Adding a button to a web page to print the page - (2008-06-18)
  [1812] Starting Ajax - easy example of browser calling up server data - (2008-09-27)
  [1813] Ajax - going Asyncronous and what it means - (2008-09-28)
  [1814] Javascript/HTML example, dynamic server monitor - (2008-09-28)
  [2390] Dynamic / changing images on your web page - (2009-09-01)
  [2628] An example of an injection attack using Javascript - (2010-02-08)
  [3128] How does your browser find out about itself? - (2011-01-11)
  [4310] Problem ... I want to print a series of numbered forms - (2014-10-05)

W504 - Web and Intranet - Not Just Text
  [351] Is photoajustment an addiction? - (2005-06-18)
  [553] Keep that image small - (2006-01-03)
  [665] PHP Image viewing application - (2006-04-01)
  [847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example - (2006-08-28)
  [1618] A small picture does not always cut it! - (2008-04-21)
  [1806] Dealing with overhead cables in a photograph - (2008-09-21)
  [2554] Adding retrospective ALT attributes to IMG - (2009-12-28)
  [3133] An image from a website that occasionally comes out as hyroglyphics - (2011-01-14)

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