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Tutorial Questions

1. Make sure that you have completed the PHP exercises from last week.
   
   
2. Install mysqlForm.php onto a suitable webserver. Create a database on the server. Experiment (play)
   
   
3. Modify your mysqlForm.php to provide a customised interface to the database along the lines of mlistView.php. Make use of an include file (require()) to conceal your MySQL password. Use access control lists to allow httpd to see your included file.
   
   
4. Make sure that you understand the difference between include() and require().
   
   
5. Experiment with PHP graphics (and TrueType/FreeType fonts).
   
   
6. Create an image browser. Create a page that displays image thumbnails which display the original image in response to clicking. You may find imagecopyresized() of use, or even exif_thumbnail(). Try this with both file and MySQL image storage.
   
   

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