INTRODUCTION

Today's generation has changed a lot brought about by the rapid modernization
mainly in the field of Information and Technology. Modernization triggered the
development of different systems software that aids in the needs of busy people such
as professionals and students. These systems software is of widely use at private
corporations such as the company's Inventory system, payroll system, accounting
system, etc. It is also implemented in government agencies such as (in the Philippines)
Pag-ibig, PhilHealth, GSIS , etc. Other than those mentioned, most of the universities
now use specific systems software for an easier and convenient transactions like a
student portal.

A student portal is a commonly used phrase to describe the login page where
students can provide a user name and password to gain access to an education
organization's programs and other learning related materials. A student who has
enrolled in a university may use a student portal to access online course materials,
such as articles, lectures and videos, hosted on the school's servers. Student portals
may be used to provide information about the school, special events, course details,
calendars, academic resources and contact information. Some student portals may
integrate with other systems to provide students with easy access to personal
information, such as as tracking bursary awards and campus medical insurance.

Cavite State University- Rosario formerly known as Cavite College of Arts and
Trades (CCAT) was established by virtue of R.A. No. 5966 authored by Cong.
Justiniano S. Montano and was approved on June 21, 1969. In 2001, CCAT was
integrated with the Cavite State University (CvSU) by virtue of CHED Memo no. 27,
s. 2000. As a fast growing university with increasing number of enrollee,
development and implementation of a Student Portal is a wise and effective action to
provide students their needs with high efficiency. This student portal features
important matters for students such as their outstanding balance, grades, subjects
enrolled, etc.
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In these challenging times of serving the new student and innovations in

technology, a modern student portal is rapidly becoming a key component for
retention and student outcome strategies. The student portal not only makes use of the
new technology efficiently but also aids the students in accessing important matters.
The Cavite State University’s Student Portal provides schedule codes, subject codes,
and units of subjects enrolled for every semester of the user and lists of grades for
every semesters as well. And just like any other systems, CVSU’s student portal can
be accessed by registering in the system and if already had by just logging in to the
system. To register, one should provide necessary information needed by the system.
And to log in, just key the user name and the password one registered.

Figure 1. Registering in the System.

 Figure 2. Logging in to the system.

After logging in, the student may now access the student portal. The portal shows
the personal information of the user such as student number, name, course, major,
year level, and address. One may also see his or her remaining balance, and subjects
enrolled together with the codes and loads of these subjects. He or she can also access
his grades from his prior semesters upon clicking the hyperlinks on the lower part of
the page.

Figure 3. Student Portal

Figure 4. Student’s Personal Information.

Figure 5. Enrolled Subjects.

Figure 6. List of Grades

 On the upper portion of the page, one may change his or her username and
password for security purposes upon clicking the WELCOME then Settings. To log
out, one shall click the Log out option that can be found together with the Settings
option.

Figure 7. Listbox for the Settings and Log out option

Figure 8. Settings

HISTORY

Evolution Of Php Programming Language

 Php is the widely used and most popular programming language used for the
development of web pages. It was about 22 years ago when it initially came into sight.
Since then it has exhibited several changes and is extended to share and exchange
information with the databases of the website.

Its dynamic behavior made it the most preferable language to work on. It can
be used on Unix-like and windows operating systems. The coding done using php can
be embedded and implemented into HTML code.

Php uses data types and different functions of C and C++. Object oriented
programming was first appended in the php3 extension and further improvement has
been done in forthcoming versions.

The evolution of php programming language has revolutionized the ability of

web programmers to create dynamic web pages and applications for their consumers.

EARLY HISTORY OF PHP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Php was developed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 for his own website to
preserve his personal homepage. Later in 1998, two other programmers Andi
Gutmans and Zeev Suraski joined him to leverage its use to another level that can be
employed to redesign the web pages.

Lerdorf initially named this language as Personal Home Page as he created it

for his personal use. But as it began to get recognition by other programmers and
ultimately become a global web programming language, its name changed to
Hypertext Preprocessor.

The objective behind developing this language was not to make it a global
language. As a matter of fact, it incidentally gained popularity which is uncontrollable
for Rasmus Lerdorf to protect and limit its individuality.

However, this venture proved to be beneficial for the future generation to

have ease of access to the internet and discover new techniques of web development.

VERSIONS HISTORY OF PHP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

 We all have witnessed the growth of web development which has been
regularly supplemented by the development of newer php extensions. They enable
web programmers to think beyond their imaginations and produce attractive and
dynamic web pages. Here are some changes that php versions undergone as the time
progressed.

PHP 1 and 2 : The first two initial versions of php doesn’t have enough
features but they have set a benchmark for the upcoming versions to get further
advancement.

PHP 3 and 4 : These two versions undergone the major changes as Zeev
Suraski and Andi Gutmans recreated the whole language which resulted in the new
name of the language Hypertext Preprocessor. More advanced parsing system called
Zend Engine was added during this phase. Introduction of superglobals, command
line interface and object oriented programming made its functionality more powerful.

PHP 5 : The fifth version of php came into view in 2004 which was powered
by the new Zend Engine II. This version came with the feature to manipulate the
database with ease and have continuity. Binding variable was added in this version.

PHP 6 : In this version, ICU (International Components for Unicode) library

wasembedded into the program. But due to several other reasons this version was
abandoned and was not launched in the market.

PHP 7 : This is the newest version of the php programming language having
several features which were not present in the previous versions such as 64-bit integer
support, return and scalar type declarations etc. It is powered by Zend Engine 3.

NEED OF PHP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Since php has been created, many companies have encountered their earlier
problems related to web development and internet marketing. It is now become easy
for them to popularize and extend their business.

Php programming language is needed in the following applications:

1. Building web pages and web applications.

2. Web content management systems.

3. Graphic User Interface based applications.

4. Digital marketing.

5. Content marketing.

6. Needed in E-commerce companies.

7. Data Representation.

8. Other web development applications.

DEVELOPER ORGANIZATION OF PHP

As we have already discussed above that php programming language is

formerly developed by the computer programmer Rasmus Lerdorf for his individual
purpose. But the organization which took it to the immense popularity is Zend
Technologies Ltd. founded by Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski in 1997.

Both the programmers rewrote the whole script of the language and named it
as Hypertext Preprocessor. They discovered a scripting engine called Zend Engine
written in C which is used for the interpretation of php programming language.

FUTURE OF PHP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Seeing the increasing popularity of php language, it can be easily predicted

that it will have dominance over the other languages in the future.

Many popular websites such as Facebook, Wikipedia, Word Press, Yahoo etc.
uses this language as their publishing tools. As these websites are mostly used in the
world, it means the scope of php programming language is more than any other
programming language.

Many software developers are getting interested to learn php and want to
make their career as a php developer. It is an open source language which enables the
web developer to use it very easily. This feature also helped it gaining so much
popularity.
 Looking at all the above benefits, the future of php programming language
seems to be secure and one can opt to make career as a php developer without any
confusion.