Due Monday, 2/25
- Read Chapter 6 of Learning PHP/MySQL (pages 99-112)
and answer the questions at the end of the chapter. For questions
6-3 and 6-4, write a PHP script that tests your answers.
- Exercise 5-1. Write and test a PHP function that takes a
numeric array as a paramter and calculates and returns the
sum of the numbers in the array.
Due Wednesday, 2/27
- Read the Thompson article on Open
source spying. This article provides a compelling example of
individuals applying the open source model in a productive manner.
Find an example in some other field (besides ones we've already
discussed, such as news reporting, encyclopedia writing, and other
topics already on our syllabus) and write a short essay (~250 words)
describing how the open source model is used productively in that
field. Identify specific similarities and differences between the
Thompson story and the field that you have chosen, and comment about
how widely applicable this approach is and/or any limitations that you
find in this approach. Post your essay to our
assignment page.
- Exercise 5-2. Challenge: Write and test a PHP
function that takes an associative array of month names and number
of days (as in question 6-3) and displays a table showing for each
month how many days it has.