Languages and Software to Be Used (Cont.)

Linux Operating System
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. Linux is a free software package that allows users to create their own operating system and then redistribute and reconfigure it for free.

MySQL Database Management System (DBMS)
MySQL is a relational DBMS that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.

      

 <html>
  <body>
   <?php
    $userid   = "wenchen@undcsmysql";
    $password = "";
    $host     = "undcsmysql.mysql.database.azure.com:3306";
    $schema   = "wenchen";
    $conn = new mysqli( $host, $userid, $password, $schema );

    if ( $conn->connect_error )
     die( 'Could not connect: ' . $conn->connect_error );
    else {
     echo "Successfully connect to MySQL!";
     mysql_close( $conn );
    }
   ?>
  </body>
 </html>

PHP (HyperText Preprocessor)
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language which can be embedded into HTML to create a wide variety of mini-applications, but can also be used to build large-scale complex applications. 

<html>
 <body>
  <?php
   echo  "Pick: ";
   $cars = $_POST[cars];
   foreach ( $cars as $car )
    echo  "$car ";
  ?>
 </body>
</html>