PHP MYWIKI Brian Casey Eastern Kentucky University

PHP MYWIKI

Brian Casey Eastern Kentucky University

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OUTLINE

Why use a wiki ? Who can benefit?

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MOTIVATION

Create an easier method of documentation

Allow for independent issue resolution

Save time

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INTRODUCTION

Wikis are an increasingly popular tool for self hosted documentation

User access limitation for sensitive information

Database driven PHP powered

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PROBLEM STATEMENT Technical support and server

administrators as well as IT departments face a constant assault of potential issues.

An internally hosted source with information on previously solved problems would drastically reduce the amount of time spent “googling” for answers if the issue has already been solved and placed in the Wiki.

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ASSUMPTIONS

Existing IT Department Existing Servers powered by

IIS, WAMP, or LAMP Knowledgeable Server

Administrators Storage space for dynamic

databases

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ASSUMPTIONS

Server Licensing is maintained Secure Internal Host Dedicated staff

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PROPOSED SOLUTION Create a hosted Wiki

Prepare Server Download Server Software Install necessary languages and

platforms Install Wiki Testing and troubleshooting Verifying results Success!

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RESULTS

Successful creation of Wiki Dynamic User Creation is

working Ability to create new pages

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CONCLUSIONS

With a working wiki you can store lots of easily solved problems with simple to follow instructions. Additionally if you find a new, better method of solving a problem you can update the wiki.

This project has increased my understanding of database and scripting driven websites greatly.

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FUTURE WORK This project has expanded my

knowledge on PHP and MySQL and as a future security auditor I intend to become more familiar with these potentially dangerous scripting tools.

Add an email server so the Wiki can send email.

Suggestions? Thank you for watching! My email is brian.casey1986@gmail.com

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REFERENCES Casey, B. (2013). PHPMyWiki. Retrieved from

the CE/CEN Capstone Projects – Spring 2013 Web site: http://people.eku.edu/chandrav/NET/Capstone_2013/capstoneProjects_2013.html