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Challenges

Challenges

  1. Write a Web page that asks the user for first and last name, then uses a PHP script to write a form letter to that person. Inform the user he or she might be a millionaire.

  2. Write a custom Web page that uses the "embedded data" tricks described in this chapter to generate custom links for your favorite Web searches, local news and weather, and other elements of interest to you.

  3. Write your own story game. Find or write some text to modify, create an appropriate input form, and output the story with a PHP script.




Chapter 1: Exploring the PHP Environment
Chapter 2: Using Variables and Input
Introducing the Story Program
Using Variables in Your Scripts
Using Variables for More Complex Pages
Working with Numeric Variables
Creating a Form to Ask a Question
Sending Data without a Form
Reading Input from Other Form Elements
Returning to the Story Program
Summary
Challenges
Chapter 3: Controlling Your Code with Conditions and Functions
Chapter 4: Loops and Arrays: The Poker Dice Game
Chapter 5: Better Arrays and String Handling
Chapter 6: Working with Files
Chapter 7: Using MySQL to Create Databases
Chapter 8: Connecting to Databases Within PHP
Chapter 9: Data Normalization
Chapter 10: Building a Three-Tiered Data Application