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Table/Array/File Project

This project consists of six small problems. Its purpose is to develop scripts to deal with a small flat-file database. As you work your way through the project, you are to cannibalize code developed in the previous problems and any other available code, either on this website or at the PHP website.

The Tabulating Dice Rolls problem introduces you to the concept of displaying organized and calculated data in an HTML table.

The remaining problems constitute a cohesive set of scripts for displaying and maintaining data in an organized file.

Each individual problem has its own descriptive page.

1. Tabulating Dice Rolls
   • A form on an HTML page for user input
   • Bulletproofing of data in the PHP script
   • Random generation of data
   • Calculation of values using the data generated
   • Display of the results in a table
2. Displaying Data from a File in a Table
   • Creating a text file for data
   • Reading data from a file into an array
3. Appending Data to a File
   • A form on an HTML page for user input
   • Appending new data to a file
4. Sorting Data from a File
   • Sort algorithms
   • Recursive use of a PHP script
5. Editing a Record in a File
   • A form on an HTML page for the user to select a record
   • A form to permit editing of the record
   • Replacing data in a file
6. Deleting a Record from a File
   • A form on an HTML page for the user specify the record to be deleted
   • Deleting a record from a file

Create a directory in your public_html directory called "dice" for the first problem. Create a directory in your public_html directory called "baseball" for all of the scripts and data for the last five problems. In the baseball directory, set up an index.html page for the five operations. Create/extend an HTML page called index.html in public_html which has direct/indirect links to all of your solutions. Your directory tree should look something like the one above.