Web Based Fortran Language Studying System

Web based database application program is a new Web technology after dynamic Web pages, which marks the maturation of Web technology development. It has two big advantages compared with other client/server programs. The first is its platform compatibility. It can run either in the UNIX platform or in the Windows platform. The second is that they all use single client software-browser as user interface. This feature makes every host linked in the Internet to be a client terminal because the users don't need install special client software. Programming such software is more difficult than the normal application program because its input and output must transmit through the layer of browserAVeb server. You need the browser-supported script language only in the interactive programming of client terminal instead of use the application programming interface (API) of operating system (OS) directly.There are some programming languages and developing tools in Web based database application program. PHP combined with MySQL DBMS (Data Base Management System) is one of the most favorite. PHP has the features of platform compatibility, high function and easy use, supporting many DBMSes and simple database manipulating. MySQL is a middle scale relation DBMS. Its special advantage is fast running which is favorable to the Web environment and the other feature is inexpensive. "Fortran Studying System" whose DBMS using MySQL is mainly programmed using PHP. It is a Web based database application software and belongs to CAI (Computer Aid Instruction).The thesis summarizes the technique of Web based database application program and varied languages needed in the programming, such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) JavaScript PHP (Personal Home Page) SQL (Structural Query Language). It also introduces the method of PHP installation on the Linux+Apache platform and Windows+IIS platform; recounts the features of PHP compared with other server script language and features of MySQL compared with other DBMS (DataBase Management System). It details the designing process of "Fortran Language Studying System" as well as the technical points of programming related with PHP advanced application such as pattern matching session.