Thanks for the reply. Can it be done by just using php + html or perl + html. Also, May I know a beginners document to start working on html, php and perl. Thanks, Sangamesh On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:50 AM, ganu <ganu.ullu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Sangamesh B <forum.san@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Here is one web portal product which is already developed using java > > tools. > > I don't know java, php or perl. But I can learn php quickly compared to > > java. > > > Learning PHP,Perl is very easy as compare to Java. > > > > > > > My question is: Is it possible to develop such web portal using php & > > html? > > > Yea, is possible. > > > > > > > Let me explain how the java portal/product works: > > > > The user logs in to the portal with his user name and password thru web > > browser by using a public ip or for example say xyz-portal.com > > > > The user name and password are the user names of the Linux OS. So > > username > > authentication is required. > > > > In the next page, the user accesses the preinstalled applications ( > > these > > are C or Fortran apps) and submits the job. > > While submitting the job, he is allowed to give the command line options > > and > > input file. The input files are present in his home directory. These > > files > > should be listed in combo box. > > > > It doesn't mean that, all installed apps in linux must be listed in the > > portal. There should be a mechanism to add a particular application to > > the > > portal ( part of administrator's work). And all apps which are to be > > displayed in portal are in a different dir, say /usr/local/bin. > > > > This portal is totally based on the server. i.e. The user accesses the > > portal and submits his application job from client system to run the job > > in > > the server. The client system uses only web browser. So other software > > can > > not be used to do this. > > > > Regarding php, I know that linux commands can be bypassed thru php. > > > > So can any one tell me whether this can be done using php with the above > > mentioned conditions/facilities? > > > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Sangamesh > > > I think you can do all front end things in PHP and html and you can do all > system calls with Perl. > Perl will be fast and easy for all linux things. > > you can refer this for calling Perl from PHP page - > http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/1712 > > > ---
