Server Side Scripting

The latest technology to make websites more powerful and dynamic is server side scripting. There are many different forms and languages used such as Perl, ASP, PHP, and JSP. Although I don't have extensive experience in all of these languages, I have a strong background in programming which allows me to pick up new languages very quickly. For simple projects I can use Perl to develop a solution. However, for more complex database driven applications, I use PHP.

With both Perl and PHP, I can design powerful search engines, page hit counters, dynamic content using text files or simple databases, and backend applications to make updating your website fast and easy.

Here are some example scripts free for downloading:

• PHP Hit Counter ~ Include this in a php file and it will keep track of the number of visitors using a text file. Visitors will only be counted once per session by using a cookie.
• PHP Last Modified ~ Add this simple line to the bottom of your php page and never worry about updating the date you last modified the file.
• PHP Redirect ~ This script is intended to be used as an apache 404 error page. When an html document is not found, it will try to find the same document with the php extension, otherwise it will redirect the user to your home page. Save this script as redirect.php and create a file called ".htaccess" in your root directory with the following line: "ErrorDocument 404 /redirect.php". Any time a user requests a missing file it should redirect them appropriately.