NYCPHP Meetup

[Paul Houle]

Dell Sala wrote:
>>
>> In other words, build a php wrapper around your software package. Done
>> right, it won't know the difference, and you don't have to muck around
>> with httpd.conf.
    This can be fun.  It can be an easy way to improve the user 
interface of commercial junkware web apps.

     I did a presentation at a conference about a demo system I built 
with an instruction librarian.  With about 200 lines of PHP I was able 
to put a wrapper over a library catalog that created an online 
instruction unit that worked with the real catalog.  It would display 
popover <div>s that would give people instructions.  The app monitored 
their progress -- it would congradulate them if they found what they 
were looking for and offer them help if they made certain common mistakes.