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PHP Project Idea Needed...

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:48 pm
by ronni_e
I am taking a PHP Programming course at college and I need a project idea for my final project. It doesnt have to be super complex but it has to have a purpose. Im just stuck on ideas right now. Here are the project requirements:

The web application must contain/use the following...
  • two or more forms for accepting information from the user and that are processed by PHP scripts

    data entered into one or more forms must be stored in some manner...in files or in a database table

    some aspect of the collected data must be displayed in the web application

    some function of the application should cause an email to be sent via a PHP script

    userid and password access to a portion of the site (the user ID 'user' and password 'enter' must permit access to the password protection portion of the web site) portion means that part of the site has to be publicly accessible and part has to be password protected

    implement a counter on the main web page that displays the number of times the site has been visited. How to implement a counter is not explicity covered in the course content. This is for you to figure out. You may ask questions throughout the semester. The counter must be based on a PHP script you write. The counter is not to be one of the publicly available counters you just stick in the HTML of your web page

    store information regarding every visitor's browser and IP address that has visited the web site and provide a link that displays this information

    include in the web application a function that displays the vistor information that was collected

Your web application should be useful (it must serve some purpose) and is to be esthetically pleasing. Pick a project in which you have some interest. The project can be anything that you want to pursue as long as it meets the criteria established above. Try to impress reviewers with your knowledge and skill! Don't limit yourself to the minimal set of criteria. Be creative! Create an application that you would want to show a prospective employer. Pick something that you can complete in the remaining time for the course. The final project is not to be just a collection of the projects you completed during the semester! But, your final project may include work you did on your projects throughout the semester.
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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:32 am
by microthick
I've been wanting to write the backend for a lyrics site, but never have free time available to do it.

If I had to do a project for school, that's what I would do.

Users can submit lyrics. You'd have to approve before they are posted.
Users can have personal pages with their favourites. They can also see how many times the lyrics they posted were viewed.
To encourage submissions, banner ads on pages containing lyrics that they subbmitted can be of their choosing (a site of their own or a pay-per-click banner ad thingy).