“Introduction To PHP”
Computer Engineering Department of Agnel Institute of Technology and Design (AITD), in association with “The Institution of Engineering and Technology” (IET Student Chapter,U.K), successfully conducted one day hands-on workshop, titled, “Introduction To PHP” on Sunday, 14th April 2019 at AITD.
The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Dattaprasad Ekavade, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of “Infocus.design”, Information Technology & Services startup, Panjim.
Total 26 students across Computer and ECE departments participated in the workshop.
Prof. Sagar K. Naik, IET-AITD Coordinator, presented the welcome note. Ms. Vardhana Navelker, Chairperson, IET-AITD Students Council, introduced the Speaker to the participants.
PHP (or PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language that is used to create dynamic web pages that can interact with databases. It is a widely-used open source language that is specifically used for web application development and can be embedded within HTML. PHP, as a scripting language, is popular among web developers because of its ability to interact with database systems including Oracle and MySQL. Main objective of this workshop was to make students familiar with PHP along with MySQL and CodeIgniter framework.
During the first session of workshop, participants were given brief introduction to basics of PHP technology including the history and origin of it in the field of web development. The speaker then briefly covered MVC Design followed by installation of XAMPP server and Brackets editor, after which programming constructs were discussed with live coding.
In second session, speaker introduced the participants to MySQL and CodeIgniter framework and explained how to set up CodeIgniter framework and have database connections with the websites
During valedictory function, all the participants along with event volunteers, faculty coordinators and Speaker, were presented with the certificates followed by which, Prof. Sagar K. Naik, proposed the vote of thanks and the workshop concluded successfully at 5.30pm.
