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Server-Side Scripting

This is any code that runs on the server when a page has been requested.

Examples of server-side scripting languages include PHP, ASP.NET Java.

An example of server-side scripting would be a account login box validating if the user exists and if their password is correct on a website like Google or Amazon. This data would be sent to teh server as a request object.

The server-side script will then get the username and password from the request object and will connect to a database.

Once connected to the database our server-side script can, using a language called SQL (Structured Query Language), search the database for the username and password entered.#

If the user exixts with the related password in the database, then the user can be logged in.

Common uses of Server-Side scripting include:

• Checking the validility of forms from various users, as client-side scripting would usally not be secure enough.
• Recording and processing online transactions for online sshopping.
• Encrypting the data submitted to the server e.g., usernames, passowrds etc.
• Creating and sending emails, such as with a site newsletter mailing list.

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