Linux Journal December 2016 by Linux Journal
Author:Linux Journal
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Networking, Privacy, IPv6, Moon, Regular Expression, Bone-Conduction, Automate, Online, Android, Security, Shell, Python, Script, Automation, 6LoWPAN, Raspberry Pi, Machine-Learning, Bash, Trekz Titanium, Jupyter, Slack, Science, Headphones, Server, Orchestration, Docker, Browser, Puppet, SSH, MCollective, Linux, JuiceSSH, PHP
Publisher: Belltown Media
Published: 2016-11-20T08:00:00+00:00
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SHAWN POWERS
The Family Dashboard in PHP
Tired of explaining how to log in over the phone? Make a dashboard!
I’ve written a little about PHP before, because I think it’s a great utility language for writing quick things you need to do. Plus, it allows you to use a web browser as your interface, and everyone has a web browser. That makes it very convenient for my family, because I can make simple web interfaces for the various things I normally have to do from the command line. (This is extremely useful when I’m gone to a conference and the Plex server needs to be rebooted, or any of a dozen other things need to be done that are hard to explain over the phone.)
My “Family Dashboard” will look different from yours, but the concept is pretty simple. PHP allows you to execute local functions on the server, and so as long as you can create a bash script that does what you need it to do, it can be launched from the “dashboard” you create for your family. Here’s a sample dashboard file I’ve created, so you can see how simple it is to create a custom page that does what you need it to do (see Figure 1 for a screenshot of the dashboard in action):
<html><head><title>My Dashboard</title></head>
<body>
<h3>You need to enter some commands and possibly options,
↳or just press a button:<br />
<button onclick="window.location='lj.php?command=weather&
↳option=houston'">Weather</button>
<button onclick="window.location='lj.php?command=bing'">Bing
↳Photo</button>
<button onclick="window.location='lj.php?command=uname'">Kernel
↳Name</button>
<button onclick="window.location='lj.php?command=time'">Unix
↳Time</button>
</h3>
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