Server-side Scripting Language Research Articles

A Comparative Study Of MVC Architecture Model Of Open Source Server Side Scripting Language Jsp And Php For Client-Server Architecture Based Applications Development

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture pattern has become a popular way to structure web applications, separating the data, presentation, and application logic into modular components. This review paper provides a comparative analysis of implementing MVC architecture using two major open-source server-side scripting languages - JavaServer Pages (JSP) and PHP. Over 10,000 open source projects utilizing JSP/Java and PHP are analyzed to compare how the languages lend themselves to the MVC pattern. The challenges and advantages of both platforms for real-world development of thin-client applications are assessed. Quantitative metrics on performance, scalability, code reuse and integration with MVC frameworks like Spring and Laravel are provided. The findings indicate strengths and weaknesses unique to both languages, with outcome being that PHP+Laravel offers faster initial development time, while JSP+Spring provides more enterprise-grade scalability. The insights can guide developers to make an informed choice between the two platforms for MVC-based, client-server application development.

Railway Reservation System using PHP

The railway reservation system is a web-based application that allows users to search for trains, book tickets, and make reservations online. In this project, we have developed a railway reservation system using PHP and MySQL. The system provides a user-friendly interface for users to search for trains, view train schedules, and book tickets. The system is designed to automate the ticket booking process and reduce the workload of railway staff. Users can register and login to the system to search for trains, view train schedules, and book tickets. The system also allows users to cancel their reservations if necessary. The system is implemented using PHP as the server-side scripting language and MySQL as the database management system. The system is designed to be scalable and secure, with features such as user authentication, session management, and data encryption. Overall, the railway reservation system using PHP is a useful application that can help to streamline the ticket booking process and improve the efficiency of railway operations. It can also provide users with a convenient and reliable way to make reservations and travel by train.

Investigain: A Productive Asset Management Web Application

The Investigain is a progressive web application to make mutual funds investments through a Systematic Investment Plan. The application utilizes the web’s modern capabilities, such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), JavaScript, and Hypertext Marker Language (HTML5). The application also uses a powerful relational database management system, such as MySQL, to display asset management information. The application has two portals, one for investors and one for a particular asset manager or asset management company. Each investor has an account in the investor portal. The investor can view his/her profile, current balance, balance history, dividends, the units of mutual funds bought, unit price, the value of each mutual fund, and can pay installments using an embedded online payment gateway. Asset managers can monitor all investments, manage user accounts, and reimburse dividends using the admin portal. This paper also presents the experimental results of using the Investigain application, compares them with existing systems, and details the application’s prospect to improve its socio-economic conditions. The system’s frontend is designed with Bootstrap and jQuery frameworks. The backend is designed using Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) server-side scripting language. The system demonstrated increased satisfaction from its clients.

Smart Monitoring and Authenticated Door Access from Remote places

Securing our things is an important objective in our day-to-day life. If our belongings are not properly monitored, it may be stolen at any time. Hence the better way is prevention of theft than searching the lost belongings. Recently much importance is given regarding security of our home. There are situations where we may need to provide door access to people when we are away from our home. For example, while working at office, if you want to provide access to a plumber, then remote door access to be provided. By using our proposed work we can monitor our home from remote places and also we can have door access options. An embedded web server is used for the purpose of remote monitoring and control. The system for remote monitoring and control for door access is developed using Raspberry Pi embedded web server. The other components include Passive Infrared sensor (PIR), DC motor and Raspberry Pi camera module. Based on the PIR sensor and camera input, the secure access to the door for any person can be given through remote access. The access to the door can either be provided through application or the concerned web page. Both the application and the web page are password protected. The application is developed as an Android application and it can be installed in any android mobile phone. The web page is developed using PHP which is used as embedded server-side scripting language. After verifying the password the access to control the door is provided. This operation can be used in wide applications where physical presence is not possible all the time.

Unlocking PHP's Potential: An All-Inclusive Approach to Server-Side Scripting

PHP powers many dynamic and interactive websites in the ever-growing world of web development. PHP was initially called "Personal Home Page," but it has since become the Hypertext Preprocessor we know. This detailed article examines PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), a dynamic server-side scripting language that has shaped the digital landscape since 1994. PHP has grown from a tool for managing a personal website to a flexible language powering much of the web. A detailed look into PHP object-oriented programming reveals its organizational benefits, while a separate section covers session management, form handling, and database interfaces in web development. PHP application security comes first, addressing common vulnerabilities and recommending best practices. The study covers PHP frameworks, development tools, scalability, and performance optimization. Finally, it considers PHP's role in Web 3.0 and its future in upcoming technologies. This PHP exploration seeks to help developers master and innovate in the ever-changing web development landscape.

Abstract 3290: The Side-Out Foundation Metastatic Breast Cancer Database, an open-access portal for multi-omic molecular data and more

Abstract Introduction: With the high volume of molecular data being generated daily from human malignancies, there is an increasing need to create novel internet-based portals where this information is readily and easily accessible to physicians, scientists, and the general public. Although numerous databases have been created to capture the molecular characteristics of primary tumors, limited resources are available when it comes to the metastatic lesions. We have developed a novel open-access database to capture demographic, clinical, and pathological information, outcome data, and multi-omic based molecular profiles from metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. Materials and Methods: The portal was created using the open-source relational database management system MySQL and the custom-codes were written using the PHP server-side scripting language. User interface, management, and authentication were created in WordPress. The database is primarily used to record information collected through the Side-Out clinical trials, a series of prospective Phase II trials targeting refractory MBC (NCT01074814, NCT01919749, NCT03195192). De-identified patients' information includes patients' demographics, treatment history, pathological characteristics of the primary tumor, outcome data, and multi-omic molecular profiles. Molecular information collected from each lesion include genomic (NGS-based whole/targeted exome sequencing), transcriptomic (RNA microarray/RNA Seq), proteomic (protein expression by IHC), and phosphoproteomic (protein pathway activation mapping by Reverse Phase Protein Microarray) data. Over 700 data fields are collected for each patient. A higher level of security for the recorded information is achieved by using a secondary database along with custom-codes during the data entry process. Investigators are exploring how Block-chain database design can be used to make portion of the data public while encrypting patient identifiers and key variables. Results: We present an overview of the portal, its usability, how access can be requested by interested third party, the user-friendly interface for downloading clinical, pathological and molecular data, and a few examples of how these data can be used to explore different aspects of metastatic breast cancers. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first web-based publicly accessible database portal where broad multi-omic profiles are captured from the MBC patients along with demographic, clinical and pathological data. This open-access portal represents a unique and highly valuable tool as it integrates different aspects of the disease and can be used for correlative analyses and hypothesis-generating studies. Finally, this web-based portal allows free-of-charge dissemination of data from existing or upcoming clinical and translational studies targeting breast cancer patients. Citation Format: Elisa Baldelli, Shiva Ghaemi, Sanja Avramovic, Janusz Wojtusiak, Lance A. Liotta, Farrokh Alemi, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Bryant Dunetz, Mariaelena Pierobon. The Side-Out Foundation Metastatic Breast Cancer Database, an open-access portal for multi-omic molecular data and more [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3290.

Web-based Expert System Application to Recommend Computer Specifications for Gaming Using Backward Chaining Inference Method

This study aims to design and implement an expert system application to provide minimum computer hardware and operating system requirements, which are capable of running games with certain graphical settings. Backward chaining inference method is used to conclude the output, which the requirements are based on user’s input. The application is made using PHP general-purpose server-side scripting language and MySQL database. By using this application, a user can consult as well as to an expert to know the computer specifications capable of running a game with preferred graphical settings and to estimate the cost to build that computer. This application can also help sellers of computer parts to set price on the custom-built computers, to create category or sales package, as well as to provide information for potential buyers.

A PROPOSED PROTOTYPE OF E-PHARMACY WEB APPLICATION FOR THE CONSUMERS OF SAUDI ARABIA

E-commerce in recent years has achieved huge success by providing a virtual platform to do business with great ease. In this regard, we developed an electronic portal to buy and sell medicine online to encourage the concept of e-pharmacy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has a rich heritage traditional herbal medicine leading to the mushrooming of many regional pharmaceutical industries across the kingdom. However, the application of e-commerce principles in pharmacy has not been employed in Saudi Arabia. In this context, our proposed e-pharmacy portal will be first of its kind to provide customer and suppliers across the kingdom the benefits of E-pharmacy. Based on the results of the feedback from customers, retailers and suppliers across the kingdom following sustainable goals were identified: 1) the e-pharmacy web portal will allow transactions based on valid prescription, 2) the portal will allow the retailer to upload their medicine and sell them online, 3) the portal will allow the customers to avail discounts on specific medicines and do payment through PayPal a trustworthy portal for performing online money transactions. A relational database will be created and managed using MySQL and PHP a server-side scripting language will be used to build the e-pharmacy web portal. The e-pharmacy practices will provide a stepping stone for the growth of online pharmacy in the kingdom.

Architectural Support for Server-Side PHP Processing

PHP is the dominant server-side scripting language used to implement dynamic web content. Just-in-time compilation, as implemented in Facebook's state-of-the-art HipHopVM, helps mitigate the poor performance of PHP, but substantial overheads remain, especially for realistic, large-scale PHP applications. This paper analyzes such applications and shows that there is little opportunity for conventional microarchitectural enhancements. Furthermore, prior approaches for function-level hardware acceleration present many challenges due to the extremely flat distribution of execution time across a large number of functions in these complex applications. In-depth analysis reveals a more promising alternative: targeted acceleration of four fine-grained PHP activities: hash table accesses, heap management, string manipulation, and regular expression handling. We highlight a set of guiding principles and then propose and evaluate inexpensive hardware accelerators for these activities that accrue substantial performance and energy gains across dozens of functions. Our results reflect an average 17.93% improvement in performance and 21.01% reduction in energy while executing these complex PHP workloads on a state-of-the-art software and hardware platform.

SHPIS: A Database of Medicinal Plants from Saudi Arabia

Many studies in the past have revealed the use of the indigenous medicinal plant for the treatment of various diseases in Saudi Arabia. However, the details of these indigenous essential medicinal herbs and their therapeutic implication against various human and animals diseases are not well documented and organised in a local platform. In this regard, a thorough mining of scholarly article for information on local herbal remedies available and used by communities of Saudi Arabia was performed. The research revealed a unique insight into the natural herbal resource of Saudi Arabia with as many as 120 varieties of the medicinal plant from Saudi Arabia. Therefore, in order to provide a structured platform to store and retrieve relevant information pertaining to an indigenous medicinal plant of Saudi Arabia, a Saudi Herbal Plants Information System was built using waterfall model. MySQL an open source Relational Database Management System and server-side scripting language Hypertext Pre-processor was used to build an interactive dynamic web portal of the Saudi Herbal Plants Information System. The designed web portal allows visitors to access information on herbs available in the herbal database for research and development.

The Development of Semantic Web to Search Student Final Study Collections (Work Practice and Final Project)

This research aims to implement semantic web on student final study domain (work practice and final project ). Implementation of semantic web utilizing RAP library as RDF API, SPARQL as a query to RDF access, and PHP as the server-side scripting language. The result of this research is semantic web which can store knowledge of final study report collections. General Terms Semantic web, ontology, semantic search.

E-learning of PHP based on the solutions of real-life problems

PHP is one of the most popular web programming languages. Many people want to learn PHP because of its simplicity. One of the important features of PHP is that it is a server-side scripting language. Learning PHP is more effective if a student can learn through a real environment. Many PHP online-learning systems and hardcopy books are available at present. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an effective pedagogy used to increase the problem-solving skill of the students. Existing PHP learning systems support limited problems in real-life environment. In this work, we have integrated the conventional e-learning of PHP with the PBL pedagogy to improve the problem-solving capability of the students. In this system, a teacher designs some problems for the students. Each problem contains proper description and reference with standard PHP output. On the web server, students can practice and submit answers pertaining to the problem with the help of the relevant references, urls, examples, and standard output. System provides the facility for the students to practice and experiment on coding with real-time error. Students can edit codes repeatedly comparing their outputs with the standard output within the specific duration. For evaluation, a teacher can compare the students’ submitted codes with the standard code of the system, predefined keywords, and outputs. This system helps the students to engage in self-learning of PHP based on the real problems.

The Research of Information Interaction between PHP and JavaScript

As one HTML embedded scripting language, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a powerful computer programming language which is a remarkable tool to enhance the expression of webpage. JavaScript is a client-side technology that is processed by the client-side software. But PHP is completely the server-side scripting language. It is a critical issue that how to effectively complete the clients request and transfer the information between two languages. The form is adopted in this paper. And based on that, the information transfer between two languages is tested. The result proves that in web project the interaction via form is an effective and reliable method.

Efficient static checker for tainted variable attacks

Tainted flow attacks originate from program inputs maliciously crafted to exploit software vulnerabilities. These attacks are common in server-side scripting languages, such as PHP. In 1997, Ørbæk and Palsberg formalized the problem of detecting these exploits as an instance of type-checking, and gave an O(V3) algorithm to solve it, where V is the number of program variables. A similar algorithm was, ten years later, implemented on the Pixy tool. In this paper we give an O(V2) solution to the same problem. Our solution uses Bodik et al.’s extended Static Single Assignment (e-SSA) program representation. The e-SSA form can be efficiently computed and it enables us to solve the problem via a sparse dataflow analysis. Using the same infrastructure, we compared a state-of-the-art dataflow solution with our technique. Both approaches have detected 36 vulnerabilities in well known PHP programs. Our results show that our approach tends to outperform the dataflow algorithm for larger inputs. We have reported the new bugs that we found, and an implementation of our algorithm is publicly available at https://github.com/rimsa/tainted-phc.git.

Preface

Preface<br />The last eight months (May to December of 2011) have been very hectic for the UIC Research and Development Center since there were three research forums that we organized to facilitate the dissemination of 18 studies that appear in this issue (Volume 17 Number 2 October 2011) of our faculty research journal. The bulk of work that Ms. Emma V. Sagarino and I had to finish is hard to describe but we are thankful that despite of such challenge, we still finally get hold of this issue. Of course, the Research Committee and the Panel of Reviewers as well as all the writers are very significant to this effort. Without them, the release of this issue would have not been made possible. A million thanks to all of you!<br /><br />This particular issue is divided into six sections, namely Health, Engineering & Engineering Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Social Sciences, Science & Math Education, and Information Technology<br />Education.<br /><br />Three studies on Health led by Marlon B. Sepe, S. Ma. Remegia M. Cirujales and Emma V. Sagarino report about an innovative technology that can ensure a safe drinking water and alleviate poverty to the people in rural communities, the working conditions of Filipino nurses abroad, and the status of women’s health in selected banana plantations, respectively.<br /><br />The UIC Engineering Faculty has managed to complete three studies delving into the safety practices in engineering field and current instructional strategies directly affecting the engineering curricula. The researchers for Engineering and Engineering Education are Bryant S. Arante, Renan P. Limjuco collaborating with Fr. Francisco G. Glover and Isagani M. Mendez, and Neil C. Capricho with Michael M. Obenque and Fe Monique F. Musni. <br /><br />In the section Curriculum and Instruction, two studies concerning the intensification of instruction, curriculum, and research in UIC were authored by Alvin O. Cayogyog who worked with Reynaldo O. Cuizon, and Emma V. Sagarino with Deogracia B. Corpuz. The first study tackled constructs such as Capability, Culture, and Passion for research and their relationships to each other, while the second investigation analyzed the 5-year performance of the UIC BS in Accountancy graduates in CPA board examinations.<br /><br />Meanwhile, three research articles appear in Social Sciences section. One of them was done by Mona L. Laya and Jason N. Marquez, who described in their work the brand of leadership that is epitomized by Rodrigo<br />R. Duterte. Then, Bienvinido E. Infante and Maribeth Q. Galindo, leading the Social Science Faculty, documented the multi-faceted experiences of foreign students in UIC, and the team of Alvin O. Cayogyog and Ariel E. San Jose investigated the lived philosophies of LGU Officials in reference to their human core faculties.<br /><br />The section for Science and Math Education accommodates the scholarly works of Adorico M. Aya-ay, Orcheliza L. Paramo, and Renan P. Limjuco who shared the findings of their own investigations about the distribution and relative abundance of medium-sized arboreal mammals at Mt. Mahuson, Mount Apo, development and validation of teacher’s laboratory competence evaluation instrument, and creative learning enrichment for mathematics appreciation, respectively, to elevate the quality of science and mathematics education in the university.<br /><br />Three ICT researchers were highlighted in the section Information Technology Education. Shenna Rhea A. Maranguit, et. al., conducted a study entitled Developing a Server-Side Scripting Language Converter for Translating ColdFusion to PHP, while Eric John G. Emberda, et. al., completed their work Developing a Web Proxy Server Application to Minimize Cross-Site Scripting Attacks. Exander T. Barrios, et.al., contributed two different studies. They are entitled A Consolidated Web Browser Interface Using Multiple Browser Libraries for Testing Web Designs and Implementing Symmetric Cryptography on SMS Messaging for Generic Phone Using J2ME Platform. These four studies deal with software development which aims to offer new features to the existing applications available in the Internet. The designs were conceptualized involving several stages and upon consultation with software developers in the region as well as with the intended users of the proposed technologies.<br /><br />

ClusterControl: a web interface for distributing and monitoring bioinformatics applications on a Linux cluster.

ClusterControl is a web interface to simplify distributing and monitoring bioinformatics applications on Linux cluster systems. We have developed a modular concept that enables integration of command line oriented program into the application framework of ClusterControl. The systems facilitate integration of different applications accessed through one interface and executed on a distributed cluster system. The package is based on freely available technologies like Apache as web server, PHP as server-side scripting language and OpenPBS as queuing system and is available free of charge for academic and non-profit institutions. http://genome.tugraz.at/Software/ClusterControl

Wireless access to a pharmaceutical database: a demonstrator for data driven Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) applications in medical information processing.

BackgroundThe Wireless Application Protocol technology implemented in newer mobile phones has built-in facilities for handling much of the information processing needed in clinical work.ObjectivesTo test a practical approach we ported a relational database of the Danish pharmaceutical catalogue to Wireless Application Protocol using open source freeware at all steps.MethodsWe used Apache 1.3 web software on a Linux server. Data containing the Danish pharmaceutical catalogue were imported from an ASCII file into a MySQL 3.22.32 database using a Practical Extraction and Report Language script for easy update of the database. Data were distributed in 35 interrelated tables. Each pharmaceutical brand name was given its own card with links to general information about the drug, active substances, contraindications etc. Access was available through 1) browsing therapeutic groups and 2) searching for a brand name. The database interface was programmed in the server-side scripting language PHP3.ResultsA free, open source Wireless Application Protocol gateway to a pharmaceutical catalogue was established to allow dial-in access independent of commercial Wireless Application Protocol service providers. The application was tested on the Nokia 7110 and Ericsson R320s cellular phones.ConclusionsWe have demonstrated that Wireless Application Protocol-based access to a dynamic clinical database can be established using open source freeware. The project opens perspectives for a further integration of Wireless Application Protocol phone functions in clinical information processing: Global System for Mobile communication telephony for bilateral communication, asynchronous unilateral communication via e-mail and Short Message Service, built-in calculator, calendar, personal organizer, phone number catalogue and Dictaphone function via answering machine technology. An independent Wireless Application Protocol gateway may be placed within hospital firewalls, which may be an advantage with respect to security. However, if Wireless Application Protocol phones are to become effective tools for physicians, special attention must be paid to the limitations of the devices. Input tools of Wireless Application Protocol phones should be improved, for instance by increased use of speech control.