Programming Languages for MIS

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PHP

9 print("</body></html>");

10 function CalculateCharge($ST, $WT, $DS) {

11 if ($ST=="Yes")

12 { $CH=$WT * $DS * 1; }

13 else

14 { $CH=$WT * $DS * 2; };

15 return($CH);

16 }

17 ?>

is example is quite similar to the example of Listing3.7 of JavaScript in Chapter 3.

e difference between JavaScript and PHP in this case is that JavaScript performs

calculations on the client side, while the PHP script performs calculations on the

server side.

In Listing7.5 (Req uest.html), line 7 specifies the action when the user clicks

on the submit button on the form. It instructs the server to activate the PHP program

DeliveryCharge.php. In this example, the PHP program and the HTML web

page are placed in the same folder on the server so that a directory pat ...