[Tsaphan-core] PHP sample script

[Patrick L. <pa...@la...>]

Guys,

(the purpose of this email is to get the web-dev group started and
familiar with PHP code).

After exploring the string functions of PHP
(http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=string) I think the verse
comparison can be done with purely PHP and we may be able to remove the
PHP -> java bridge which is fast becoming awkward.

http://hidetheword.org/demo/exam.php

For the script writers out there, PHP as you'll notice is very similar
to ASP or JSP.  It's very close to Perl and Sed and also somewhat
Java/C++ like.

If there is someone who would like to volunteer in re-writing this very
very simple sentence comparison algo, please feel free to re-write as
necessary!

Also Nick mentioned a while back that we shouldn't score the verse as
70% correct, 80% correct, but rather 100%.  If you're wrong you're wrong
and I think he's right, nothing less than perfection!  (I did however
add a grace option for practice purposes).

The EXAM currently has the following (+ = has, - = needs)
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+ crude UI
+ verse lookup
+ verse comparison
- session management to count how many tries before they pass (web-dev
??)
- write to the profile table to monitor the user and the verse they
attempted (web-dev ??)
- UI integration into the HTW look & feel. (dan,euge, lei)
- able to handle multiple verses, i haven't checked for more than 1
verse comparison
- make more pretty, very crude!

have a good weekend everyone!

-- 
</Patrick>
http://patrick.lacson.org
pa...@la...