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| <h2><a>NetBeans PHP Sample Application</a></h2> |
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| <h1>Air Alliance Sample Application - Readme</h1> |
| <h2>NetBeans PHP Sample Application</h2> |
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| <p><b>Author:</b> Frank Jennings</p> |
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| <h2>What is AirAlliance?</h2> |
| <p>AirAlliance is an imaginary airlines company that lets you book tickets through their web site. |
| This PHP application is created to highlight PHP features supported by NetBeans IDE.</p> |
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| <h2>This sample demonstrates the following features:</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Session Management</li> |
| <li><abbr title="Database">DB</abbr> Interaction</li> |
| <li><abbr title="Object Oriented Programming">OOP</abbr> Concepts</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2>Requirements</h2> |
| Follow these before you run the sample: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Install NetBeans 6.1 IDE with PHP support</li> |
| <li>Install and configure PHP Runtime</li> |
| <li>Install and configure MySQL database</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2>What is included?</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li>NetBeans <code>PHP Application</code> Project</li> |
| <li>Database SQL Script - Use this script to populate tables and sample records</li> |
| <li>Additional Stylesheet</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2>Before the start</h2> |
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| <li>If you want to try the sample out, follow <a href="#getting_started">Getting Started</a> guidelines.</li> |
| <li>In case of you want to try debugging features of the NetBeans IDE, |
| follow the <a href="#debugging">Debugging</a> guidelines.</li> |
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| <h2 id="getting_started">Getting Started</h2> |
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| Firstly, we set database authentication in <code>conf/conf.php</code>, |
| which is stored in Air Alliance Project directory. <br> |
| Just update login and password |
| fields in the configuration file, so they are the same as MySQL ones. |
| </li> |
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| Secondly, we create the database and populate it with data: |
| <ol type="a"> |
| <li>Create new MySQL database named <code>AirAlliance</code> in phpMyAdmin.</li> |
| <li>Run <code>sql/aadb_dump.sql</code> script stored in Air Alliance Project directory. |
| The script creates tables and fills them with sample data.</li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| <li>Then we set project properties to deploy project successfully to PHP document directory: |
| <ol type="a"> |
| <li>Right-click on the <code>AirAlliance</code> project node and select <code>Properties</code>.</li> |
| <li>Check the option <code>Copy files from Sources Folder to another location</code>.</li> |
| <li>In <code>Copy to Folder</code> field specify the path of your PHP documents directory (htdocs).</li> |
| <li>Specify the <code>Project URL</code> to be appropriate with your settings from previous field and |
| also with PHP Server setup.</li> |
| <li>Confirm the settings.</li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Finally, we can run the project. Right-click the project node again and select <code>Run Project</code>. |
| The sample PHP application should open in the Web brower. |
| </li> |
| <li>Click View Itinerary link in the right pane. You should see some records shown from the database.</li> |
| <li>Play futher with the sample:)</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h2 id="debugging">Debugging</h2> |
| <ol> |
| There steps should enable you the debugging option at the sample project, <b>if you already have PHP debugger |
| installed and configured</b>.<br> |
| For demonstrating the PHP debugger in NetBeans we have to put the sample project to the PHP documents directory (htdocs): |
| <li>Create new <code>Air Alliance Sample Application</code> with following settings:</li> |
| <li>Set the Project Folder to your PHP documents (htdocs) directory, for example: |
| <code>...\Apache2.2\htdocs\AirAlliance\</code></li> |
| <li>In project properies (Right-click the project node and select <code>Properties</code>.) set the <code>Project URL</code> |
| to be appropriate with previous setting, for example: <code>http://localhost/AirAlliance/web/</code></li> |
| <li>To debug, right-click the project node and select <code>Debug Project</code>.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h2>Project folder's structure</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>classes</b> - Contains some helper classes highlighting Object Oriented Programming.</li> |
| <li><b>conf</b> - Contains the PHP file (Conf.php) from where you can edit the DB Connection settings.</li> |
| <li><b>css</b> -Contains the stylesheet used for the website.</li> |
| <li><b>include</b> - Conains header/footer/navigation PHP files for the web site.</li> |
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| <li><a href="http://www.netbeans.org">NetBeans Homepage</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/phantom/">Author's blog</a></li> |
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