08 php-files

PHP Include File
 Insert the content of one PHP file into another
PHP file before the server executes it
 Use the
 include() generates a warning, but the script
will continue execution
 require() generates a fatal error, and the
script will stop
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include() example
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<a href="/default.php">Home</a>
<a href="/tutorials.php">Tutorials</a>
<a href="/references.php">References</a>
<a href="/examples.php">Examples</a>
<a href="/contact.php">Contact Us</a> PHP
<html>
<body>
<div class="leftmenu">
<?php include("menu.php"); ?>
</div>
<h1>Welcome to my home page.</h1>
<p>I have a great menu here.</p>
</body>
</html> PHP

4 PHP File Input/Output
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PHP file I/O functions
function name(s) category
file, file_get_contents,
file_put_contents
reading/writing entire files
basename, file_exists,
filesize,
fileperms, filemtime, is_dir,
is_readable, is_writable,
disk_free_space
asking for information
copy, rename, unlink,
chmod, chgrp, chown,
mkdir, rmdir
manipulating files and
directories
glob, scandir reading directories
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Reading/writing files
contents of
foo.txt
file("foo.txt")
file_get_contents
("foo.txt")
Hello
how are
you?
I'm fine
array(
"Hellon", #0
"how aren", #1
"you?n", #2
"n", #3
"I'm finen" #4
)
"Hellon
how aren
you?n
n
I'm finen"
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 file returns lines of a file as an array
 file_get_contents returns entire contents of a file
as a string

Reading/writing an entire file
 file_get_contents returns entire contents of a file
as a string
 file_put_contents writes a string into a file,
replacing any prior contents
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# reverse a file
$text = file_get_contents("poem.txt");
$text = strrev($text);
file_put_contents("poem.txt", $text); PHP

Appending to a file
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# add a line to a file
$new_text = "P.S. ILY, GTG TTYL!~";
file_put_contents("poem.txt", $new_text,
FILE_APPEND); PHP
old contents new contents
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
All my base,
Are belong to you.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
All my base,
Are belong to you.
P.S. ILY, GTG TTYL!~

The file function
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# display lines of file as a bulleted list
$lines = file("todolist.txt");
foreach ($lines as $line) {
?>
<li> <?= $line ?> </li>
<?php
}
?> PHP
 file returns the lines of a file as an array of strings
 each string ends with n
 to strip the n off each line, use optional second parameter:
$lines = file("todolist.txt",FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
PHP

Unpacking an array: list
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list($var1, ..., $varN) = array; PHP
$values = array(“mundruid", "18", “f", "96");
...
list($username, $age, $gender, $iq) = $values;
 the list function accepts a comma-separated list of
variable names as parameters
 use this to quickly "unpack" an array's contents into
several variables
PHP
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Fixed-length files, file and
list
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Xenia Mountrouidou
(919)685-2181
570-86-7326 contents of file personal.txt
list($name, $phone, $ssn) = file("personal.txt");
 reads the file into an array of lines and unpacks the lines
into variables
 Need to know a file's exact length/format
PHP
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Splitting/joining strings
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$array = explode(delimiter, string);
$string = implode(delimiter, array);
PHP
$class = "CS 380 01";
$class1 = explode(" ", $s); # ("CS", “380", “01")
$class2 = implode("...", $a); # "CSE...guatda.com/cmx.p380...01"
 explode and implode convert between strings and
arrays
PHP
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Example explode
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Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Dune, Frank Herbert
contents of input file books.txt
<?php foreach (file(“books.txt") as $book) {
list($title, $author) = explode(“,", $book);
?>
<p> Book title: <?= $title ?>, Author: <?=
$author ?> </p>
<?php
}
?> PHP
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Reading directories
function description
scandir
returns an array of all file
names in a given directory
(returns just the file names,
such as "myfile.txt")
glob
returns an array of all file
names that match a given
pattern
(returns a file path and
name, such as
"foo/bar/myfile.txt")
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Example for glob
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# reverse all poems in the poetry directory
$poems = glob("poetry/poem*.dat");
foreach ($poems as $poemfile) {
$text = file_get_contents($poemfile);
file_put_contents($poemfile, strrev($text));
print "I just reversed " .
basename($poemfile);
} PHP
 glob can match a "wildcard" path with the * character
 the basename function strips any leading directory from
a file path
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Example for glob
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# reverse all poems in the poetry directory
$poems = glob("poetry/poem*.dat");
foreach ($poems as $poemfile) {
$text = file_get_contents($poemfile);
file_put_contents($poemfile, strrev($text));
print "I just reversed " .
basename($poemfile);
} PHP
 glob can match a "wildcard" path with the * character
 the basename function strips any leading directory from
a file path
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Example for scandir
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<ul>
<?php
$folder = "taxes/old";
foreach (scandir($folder) as $filename) {
?>
<li> <?= $filename ?> </li>
<?php
}
?>
</ul> PHP
• .
• ..
• 2009_w2.pdf
• 2007_1099.doc output

Exceptions
 Used to change the normal flow of the code
execution if a specified error (exceptional)
condition occurs.
 What normally happens when an exception is
triggered:
 current code state is saved
 code execution will switch to a predefined
(custom) exception handler function
 the handler may then
 resume the execution from the saved code state,
 terminate the script execution or
 continue the script from a different location in the code
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Exception example
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<?php
//create function with an exception
function checkStr($str)
{
if(strcmp($str, “correct”)!= 0)
{
throw new Exception(“String is not correct!");
}
return true;
}
//trigger exception
checkStr(“wrong”);
?> PHP
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Exception example (cont.)
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<?php
//create function with an exception
function checkStr($str)
{
…
}
//trigger exception in a "try" block
try
{
checkStr(“wrong”);
//If the exception is thrown, this text will not be shown
echo 'If you see this, the string is correct';
}
//catch exception
catch(Exception $e)
{
echo 'Message: ' .$e->getMessage();
}
?> PHP

PHP larger example
 Display a random quote of the day:
 I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less
than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
 I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), (attributed)
 I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A
scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child
placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy
tale.
Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
 I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly
by. Douglas Adams
 Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the
same figures to draw different conclusions.
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23 PHP cookies and sessions
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Cookies
 Problem: HTTP is stateless
 What is a cookie?
 tiny bits of information that a web site could store
on the client's machine
 they are sent back to the web site each time a
new page is requested by this client.
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Bad Cookies?
 Urban myth: tracking, violate privacy
 Reality:
 cookies are relatively harmless
 can only store a small amount of information
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Sessions
 What is a session?
 a combination of a server-side cookie and a
client-side cookie,
 the client-side cookie contains only a reference to
the correct data on the server.
 when the user visits the site:
 their browser sends the reference code to the
server
 the server loads the corresponding data.
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Cookies vs Sessions
 Cookies can be set to a long lifespan
 Cookies work smoothly when you have a
cluster of web servers
 Sessions are stored on the server, i.e. clients
do not have access to the information you
store about
 Session data does not need to be transmitted
with each page; clients just need to send an ID
and the data is loaded from the local file.
 Sessions can be any size you want because
they are held on your server,
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Create a cookie
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setcookie(name, value, expire, path, domain);
PHP
<?php
setcookie("user", “Harry Poter", time()+3600);
?>
<html>
.....
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PHP

Retrieve a Cookie Value
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<?php
// Print a cookie
echo $_COOKIE["user"];
// A way to view all cookies
print_r($_COOKIE);
?>
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PHP

Delete a Cookie
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<?php
// set the expiration date to one hour ago
setcookie("user", "", time()+3600);
?>
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PHP

Start/end a session
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bool session_start ( void )
bool session_destroy ( void ) PHP
 All your session data is stored in the session
superglobal array, $_SESSION
$_SESSION['var'] = $val;
$_SESSION['FirstName'] = "Jim"; PHP
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