PHP - Web2 and caching

PHP module H307

Web2 and caching

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module H307. This topic is presented on public course PHP Techniques

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Uploading and Downloading files - changing names (Perl and PHP)

When you are uploading a file to a server via http (in Perl or PHP), where is the file saved, and what is it called? And when you download a file, where ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2321_Upl ... -PHP-.html [short article]

memcached - overview, installation, example of use in PHP

Let's say you have a large database on a busy server, and queries that are eating into your resources. Would you like to be able to speed things up? ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1733_mem ... n-PHP.html [short article]

Flash (client) to PHP (server) - example

Hidden deep in our website, there's an example of a Flash / Flex / Actionscript that runs in the browser, but contacts the server when certain information ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1926_Fla ... ample.html [short article]

Using current exchange rates on a web page

It s one thing writing a web site and quite another keeping it up to date - especially when the information to be maintained changes on a daily basis ...

http://www.wellho.net/solutions/php-usin ... -page.html [longer article]

Starting Ajax - easy example of browser calling up server data

Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) provides a very neat way for a web page that's displayed on a browser to interact with a web server and replace ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1812_Sta ... -data.html [short article]

Scraping content for your own page via PHP

If your PHP allows for remote URLs to be handled / read as if they were files (and that's the default), you have useful tool which lets you include the ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2545_Scr ... a-PHP.html [short article]

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Examples from our training material

a_logshow.php	Log file analysis (2) - code optimised for readability
a_papershow.php	Log file analysis (3) - results cached for run time efficiency
a_timbershow.php	Log file analysis (1) - base case - functioning but poorly structured
ajax123.html	JavaScript to load data from server
ajax456.html	Asyncronous call from Javascript on client to PHP on server
ajaxcode.php	Web Service provider - first Ajax demo ajax123.html
ajaxstatus.html	Ajax demonstration - a dynamically updating status page.
cademo.php	Caching between pages via memcached
currency.inc	Currency abbreviations and names
exr.php	Grab exchange rates to/from Euro
hb.php	Heartbeat script to check server
phping.php	Heartbeat script to watch vital server
rs.php	Web service to give user current server stats
scraper.php	Scraping a remote URL content
sendimage.php	Serve a download from a database
train_graphic.php	Display info from application server on an image
train_pixelreport.php	An easy way to add an image point to a file

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Calling in other online resources.
Databases and RSS feeds.
Making effiecient use of remote feeds.
Flash getting information from the server.
Ajax and Javascript validation.

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