Meetings

Developing Web Applications with PHP 5

Jeff Jirsa

Tuesday, April 26th 2005, 7:00-9:00pm

Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

PHP has come along way since it introduction in 1995. What started out as tool to help the developer to manage his home pages has turned into a robust web application programming language with a large developer community. There are several code repositories on the internet that can get you started quick and provide you with libraries that will do a lot of for you.

This presentation will highlight what new features are in PHP 5 has to offer for developing web applications, and highlight the most useful libraries and applications in the PHP community.

Topics will include:

Upgrading to version 5
New features in version 5
Extensions and Applications
The Developer Community
Print Resources

Speaker Bio

Jeff Jirsa is a professional programmer for eighteen years and currently. He has programmed with C, C++, Korn shell, Perl, Python, Rexx, and others he doesn't want to talk about. He has used everything from DOS to OS/2, to AIX, to Linux starting with Red Hat 5.2. Jeff developed a LAMP e-commerce site for Thomson Financial to allow customers to sign up for subscription services and created an intranet web application to manage the web site and the customer data.

Getting to the meeting

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489

Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in south Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the North-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway (I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on Butterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1.5 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left onto East Loop Road, (Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.