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Systems Programming & Scripting

Lecture 16: PHP Types. Systems Programming & Scripting. PHP Types. PHP provides support for the following primitive types: boolean integer float string array object resource: reference to an external resource. null. <?php $boolVar = TRUE; $intVar = 7; $floatVar = 2.56;

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Systems Programming & Scripting

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  1. Lecture 16: PHP Types Systems Programming & Scripting Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ

  2. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ PHP Types • PHP provides support for the following primitive types: • boolean • integer • float • string • array • object • resource: reference to an external resource. • null

  3. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ • <?php • $boolVar = TRUE; • $intVar = 7; • $floatVar = 2.56; • $stringVar = “Hello” • ?>

  4. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Boolean Type • Boolean can have two values: TRUE or FALSE (case sensitive). • The following is also considered as a FALSE value: 0, 0.0, “”, “0”, an array with zero elements and NULL. • Everything else is considered TRUE, e.g. -1

  5. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Integer Type • Only signed integers are supported in PHP. • Integer size is platform independent. However usual maximum value is two billions (signed). • Constants PHP_INT_SIZE and PHP_INT_MAX constants hold information about integer PHP representation.

  6. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Integer Type (cont'd) • If an overflow occurs, the integer value will be interpreted as a float. • (int) or (integer) can be used to cast to an integer value. • Usually not required as casting is done automatically.

  7. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Floating Point Numbers • The float type is the same as double. • float size is platform independent. • Common maximum: ~1.8e308 with a precision of roughly 14 decimal. • For converting to float, the value is first converted to integer and then to float (apart from when converting from string).

  8. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ string Type • Simple way to define a string is to use a single quote. • ‘ can be included by escaping it with a \ <?php Echo ‘This is a test. This is how to include a \’. But \n won’t output a new line.’ ?> This is a test. This is how to include a ’. But \n won’t output a new line. • Including the string in a double quote provides support for more escape sequences .

  9. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Arrays • In PHP, an array is an ordered map associating values with keys • Can support many data structures: array, list, hash table, dictionary, stack and queue. • The array() construct can be used to create an array composed of key => value pairs. • Don’t have to be of the same type. • key can be an integer or a string. • value can be any PHP type.

  10. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ • <?php • $arrayVar = array( • “position” => “manager”, • “firstName” => “peter”, • “surname” => “john”, • “age” => 38) ; • echo $arrayVar[“firstName”]; // peter • echo $arrayVar[“age”]; // 38 • ?>

  11. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Another Example • <?php • $house = array ( • “food” => array( 1 => “bread”, • 2 => “vegs”, • 3 => “fruits”), • “people” => array( 1,2,3,4,5), • “rooms” => array(“bedroom”, • “livingroom”) • ); • ?>

  12. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Classes & Objects • PHP supports the object-oriented programming paradigm. • A class definition contains variables (defined by var) and functions (defined by function).

  13. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Class Example* • <?phpclass Cart {    var $items;// Items in shopping cart // Add $num articles of $artnr tocart    function add_item($artnr, $num) {        $this->items[$artnr] += $num;    } • * www.php.net    

  14. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Cont. Class Example* • // Take $num articles of $artnr out of the cart    function remove_item($artnr, $num) {        if ($this->items[$artnr] > $num) {            $this->items[$artnr] -= $num;            return true;        } elseif ($this->items[$artnr]  • == $num) {            unset($this->items[$artnr]);            return true;        } else {            return false;        }    }} • ?> • *www.php.net

  15. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Creating objects • Objects are instances of classes that are created using new <?php$cart = new Cart();$cart->add_item("10", 1);$another_cart = new Cart();$another_cart->add_item("0815", 3);?> www.php.net

  16. Sys Prog & Scripting - HW Univ Using the Departmental Server • A PHP-enabled, departmental web server: http://www2.macs.hw.ac.uk/ • It reads user files from <HOME>/public_html • And displays them under the URL http://www2.macs.hw.ac.uk/~<USER>/ • Eg: http://www2.macs.hw.ac.uk/~hwloidl/hello.php

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