Institute of Informatics and Communication Online Admission System

1. Introduction

Online Admission System is aimed at developing an online admission application for a

university. This system is an online system that can be accessed throughout the
organization and outside as well with proper login provided. Our system has two
types of accessing modes, administrator and user. Student management system is
managed by an administrator. It is the job of the administrator to admit and monitor
the whole process. When a user log in to the system, he would only view details of
the student. He can't perform any changes .The system has two modules. They are:-

User
Administrator

Students logging is to apply for the course by filling an application for m provided
by online. Administrator logging in may also access/search information put up by
the applicants.

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2. SYSTEM ANALYSIS
System analysis aims at establishing requests for the system to be acquired,
developed and installed. It involves studying and analyzing the ways of an
organization currently processing the data to produce information. Analyzing the
problem thoroughly forms the vital part of the system study. In system analysis,
prevailing situation of problem is carefully examined by breaking them into sub
problems. Problematic areas are identified and information is collected. Data
gathering is essential to any analysis of requests. It is necessary that this analysis
familiarizes the designer with objectives, activities and the function of the
organization in which the system is to be implemented.

2.1 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION OF NEED

As the strength of the students is increasing at a tremendous speed, manual
maintenance of student admission is very difficult. Hence, the need for online
admission is inevitable. In case of manual system they need a lot of time, manpower
etc. Here almost all work is computerized. So the accuracy is maintained.
Maintaining backup is very easy. It can do with in a few minutes.

2.2 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

2.2.1 STUDY OF EXISTING SYSTEM

Today in colleges student details are entered manually. The student details in
separate records are tedious task. Referring to all these records and updating is
needed. There is a chance for more manual errors.

1. When the student comes in college.

2. First of all, he/she takes admission form from reception.
3. Fills it and submits it into office.
4. Filled form is first checked with documents like merit list an details came
from university and verified by an official person , if there is any mistake
then it is corrected.
5. At the time of submission of it the fees is deposited by the candidate.
6. At the time of submission of admission form admission no. is assigned to
the candidate by the institute.
7. Candidate gets the receipt of fees deposition.

Disadvantages of Present System:-

1. Require much man power i.e. much efforts, much cost and hard to operate
and maintain.
2. Since, all the work is done in papers so it is very hard to locate a particular

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student record when it is required.

2.2.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM

The main goal of the system is to automate the process carried out in the
organization with improved performance and realize the vision of paperless
admission. Some of the goals of the system are listed below:

Manage large number of student details.

Manage all details of student who registered for the course.
Create student accounts and maintain the data’s effectively.
View all the details of the students.
Reduce the work load in interview the students for selection
Activities like updating, modification, deletion of records should be easier.

2.2.3 ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

The aim of the proposed system is to address the limitations of the current
system. The requirements for the system have been gathered from the defects
recorded in the past and also based on the feedback from user of previous metrics
tools. Following are the objectives of the proposed system:

Reach to geographically scattered student:- One of the important objectives of the

admission system is communicate with all the students scattered geographically.
Reducing time in activities:-Reduce the time taken process the applications of
students, admitting a student, conducting the online examination, verify student
marks, and send call letters to selected students.
Centralized data handling:- Transfer the data smoothly to all the departments
involved and handle the data centralized way.
Paperless admission with reduced manpower:-Reduce the manpower needed to
perform all admission and administration task by reducing the paper works needed.
Cost cutting:- Reduce the cost involved in the admission process.
Operational efficiency:-Improve the operational efficiency by improving the quality
of the process.

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3. FEASIBILITY STUDY
3.1 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
Economic analysis is most frequently used for evaluation of the effectiveness
of the system. More commonly knows as cost/benefit analysis the procedure is to
deter mine the benefit and saving that are expected from a system and compare
them with costs, decisions is made to design and implement the system.

This part of feasibility study gives the top management the economic
justification for the new system. This is an important input to the management the
management, because very often the top management does not like to get
confounded by the various technicalities that bound to be associated with a project
of this kind. A simple economic analysis that gives the actual comparison of costs
and benefits is much more meaningful in such cases. It is economically feasible, it
will only require a single operator to operate the system, who is responsible for
entering the data into the database via a user interface provided to him, who can
also able to show all the data in html tabular form so to provide information
regarding the students who are either taken admission or to take admission, since it
requires only a single person to operate the whole system thus reduces the cost to
operate the system.

`In the system, the organization is most satisfied by economic feasibility. Because,
if the organization implements this system, it need not require any additional
hardware resources as well as it will be saving lot of time.

3.2 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY

Technical feasibility centers on the existing manual system of the test
management process and to what extent it can support the system. According to
feasibility analysis procedure the technical feasibility of the system is analyzed and
the technical requirements such as software facilities, procedure, inputs are
identified. It is also one of the important phases of the system development
activities. It is technically feasible, since the whole system is designed into the latest
technologies like PHP and SQL Server which are the most recent technologies to
develop web based systems and design databases.
The system offers greater levels of user friendliness combined with greater
processing speed. Therefore, the cost of maintenance can be reduced. Since,
processing speed is very high and the work is reduced in the maintenance point of
view management convince that the project is operationally feasible.

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3.3 OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY

It is Operational feasible, since the system is providing an attractive user
interface to the operator/end user, so he feels very easy to work onto it. Response to
operator/end user is very fast and very good. Since, as we mentioned above that it
requires much less amount of cost, it uses computer work so it is very fast to
operate and it is very easy for user to work on it.

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4.SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENT

SPECIFICATION
4.1 REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION
The final output is the requirements specification document (SRS).For
smaller problems or problems that can easily be comprehended; the
specification activity might come after the entire analysis is complete.
However, it is more likely that problem analysis and specification are done
concurrently. All the information for specification activity follows the analysis
activity. The transition from analysis to specification should also not be expected
to be straightforward, even if some formal modeling is used during analysis.
Essentially, what passes from requirements analysis activity to the
specification activity is the knowledge acquired about the system. T he modeling
is essentially a tool to help obtain a thorough and complete knowledge about the
proposed system.

4.1.1ANALYSIS OF FACTUAL DATA

Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and

modeling data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting
conclusions, and supporting decision making. Data analysis has multiple facets and
approaches, encompassing diver se techniques under a variety of names, in different
business, science, and social science domains.

Data mining is a particular data analysis technique that focuses on modeling

and knowledge discover y for predictive rather than purely descriptive purposes.

4.1.2IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT

Identification of essential requirement is an important task in developing the
project. In this system the essential requirements are identified through surveying.
By surveying, the important needs of the user in our website are known. In
the surveying, the different possibilities of tour information that have to be
included in the website is given by questionnaire.

4.1.3SELECTION OF REQUIREMENT STRATEGIES

From the survey analysis graph it is clear that which are all the requirements
that the user requires the most. It is decided to include the required information
and omit the less priority ones.

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4.2 DEFINITION OF INPUT REQUIREMENTS

4.2.1 REGISTRATION & LOGIN SYSTEM

Applicants will carry out their own registration, providing the system with a
way to associate a user to their application(s). This will enable the system to display
personalized information when the user logs in and certain information, such as
name and address, to be added to each application automatically. Giving each
student a specific ID will also allow a user to apply to a number of courses, while
giving the system a way to prevent unnecessary duplication of applications.
Requiring a registration process will also add greater security to the system, as once
a user has logged in with their username and password, they will be the only
person able to update their information and the only person to make applications on
their behalf.

4.2.2 APPLICATION SYSTEM

The application process will be as straightforward as possible, using an
intuitive form layout, with the necessary information being completed in stages.
The system will monitor this and not allow a student to apply to a single course
more than once, but will allow them to apply to multiple courses in the same
college.

4.2.3 VIEW STATUS

When an application has been completed by a student, they will be able to
log in to the system at any time and view its status.

4.2.4 UPDATE DETAILS

Applicants will also be able to update their application details. Forms, much
like the ones used to register and initially apply, will be the means of inputting the
new details and will contain the previous information as a starting point. The only
time an application will be locked for editing will be when it has been submitted for
admission process that is after date of last submission, after which point the
application will no longer be accessible by the user.

4.3 DEFINITION OF PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS

The user interface for this system will have to be simple and clear. Most

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importantly, the pages must be easy to read, easy to understand and accessible. T he
color scheme should be appropriate to provide familiarity with the university and
there should be no contrast issues.
There are many functions the system can perform and these must be logically
grouped or displayed in an intuitive order to allow the user to perform tasks quickly
and efficiently, without getting lost in excessive amounts of text. The system must
also display a large amount of information and to avoid confusion this must be
displayed in categories or in different pages. Furthermore, a small amount of
information may be displayed initially, for example with a certain limit on date or
amount, and the ability to view more in depth information on the subject should be
apparent.

The different information displays and functionality objects should be

individually distinguishable, allowing the user to navigate through recognition,
rather than recall In addition, each function must provide the ability to cancel,
leaving the user with the ability to rectify mistakes, and every page should include
the ability to return to a central location of the system, ensuring that the user does
not get lost within the system with no convenient way to navigate.

The system will provide different views for different users, allowing multiple
access levels. For example, a student will only be able to see their own details and
details of their applications, whereas a administrator will be able to view all users,
applications and statistics and will have many more privileges. Being an online
system, it will naturally be viewable from any computer with an internet
connection, allowing admissions from home, for example. This will provide far
more accessibility than if it were written in a language with only limited online
capability as any computer is a potential work station, rather than relying on the
program being installed.

4.4 DEFINITION OF OUTP UT REQUIREMENTS

The most important function is to make the short list of student who got
admission under the circumstances made by the college.
In some cases, decisions about an application will be simple, given that the
application might be exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. If, however, an
application is similar to other, previous applications, the tutor may have a more
difficult decision to make and inconsistencies may be introduced. Using the
automatic ranking of applications a tutor will be able to see a list of applications
with a similar ranking. This list will have a default length of 5, for example, but this
will be extendible if more comparisons are needed, and the list will include

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applications of the same rank as well as slightly higher and lower ranks.

4.5 OBJECTIVE OF SRS

The objective of this SRS document is to specify software requirements of
the Online Admission for the university. It is intended to be a complete
specification of what functionality the admission provides. The main purpose of the
system is to automate the task carried out by different peoples in the organization to
perform the student admission. Specific design and implementation details will be
specified in a future document.

4.6 OVERVIEW OF SRS

SRS will include two sections.

Overall Description will describe major components of the system,

interconnection and external inter faces.
Specific Requirements will describe the functions of actors, their role in the
system and constraints.

4.6.1 OVERALL DESCRIPTION

The SRS document will give further details on the overall product
description, including the hardware, software, and communications interfaces,
product functions, user characteristics, and any assumptions that will be made.

4.6.2 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

The SRS document will also include the specific requirements needed. These
will include the functions, performance, design, and software attributes. This
document is organized in a logical manner and is easy to follow. Readers should
refer to the table of contents, appendices, or index if looking for something in
specific. Otherwise, reading this document from start to finish will start with a
vague description and get more specific and detailed as changing sections and
reading further.

4.7 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

- System : Multimedia PC
- Processor : Pentium 4 or above
- Memory :512MB RAM
- Hard Disk : 80GB or above
- Keyboard : 104 standards

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- Monitor : SVGA
- Modem : Dial up/Broadband

4.8 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

- Front end : PHP,HTML
- Back end : MYSQL
- Host: Apache server
- Operating System: Windows ,LINUX,MAC

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5. SYSTEM DESIGN
The system design develops the architectural detail required to build a
system or product. As in the case of any systematic approach, this software too has
undergone the best possible design phase fine tuning all efficiency, performance
and accuracy levels. The first step in system designing is to determine how the
output is to be produced and in what format. Samples of the output and input are
also presented. In the second step, input data and master files are to be designed
to meet requirement of the proposed output. The processing phases are handled
through program construction and testing, including a list of the programs needed to
meet the system’s objectives and complete documentation.

5.1 DESIGN METHODOLOGY

System design is the solution to the creation of a new system. This phase is
composed of several systems. This phase focuses on the detailed implementation of
the feasible system. It emphasis is on translating design specifications to
performance specification. System design has two phases of development logical
and physical design.
During logical design phase the analyst describes inputs (sources), out
puts (destinations), databases (data sores) and procedures (data flows) all in a
format that meats the uses requirements. The analyst also specifies the user
needs and at a level that virtually determines the information flow into and
out of the system and the data resources. Here the logical design is done through
data flow diagrams and database design.
The physical design is followed by physical design or coding. Physical
design produces the working system by defining the design specifications,
which tell the programmers exactly what the candidate system must do. The
programmers write the necessary programs that accept input from the user,
perform necessary processing on accepted data through call and produce the
required report on a hard copy or display it on the screen.

5.1.1 LOGICAL DESIGN

Logical design of an information system shows the major features and also
how they are related to one another. The first step of the system design is to
design logical design elements. This is the most creative and challenging
phase and important too. Design of proposed system produces the details of the

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state how the system will meet the requirements identified during the system
analysis that is, in the design phase we have to find how to solve the difficulties
faced by the existing system. The logical design of the proposed system should
include the details that contain how the solutions can be implemented. It also
specifies how the database is to be built for storing and retrieving data, what
kind of reports are to be created and what are the inputs to be given to the
system. The logical design includes input design, output design, and database
design and physical design

5.1. 2PHYSICAL DESIGN

The process of developing the program software is referred to as physical
design. We have to design the process by identifying reports and the other
outputs the system will produce. Coding the program for each module with its
logic is performed in this step. Proper software specification is also done in this
step.

5.1.3 MODULAR DESIGN

A software system is always divided into several sub systems that makes it
easier for the development. A software system that is structured into several
subsystems makes it easy for the development and testing. The different subsystems
are known as the modules and the process of dividing an entire system into
subsystems is known as modularization or decomposition.

A system cannot be decomposed into several subsystems in any way.

There must some logical barrier, which facilitates the separation of each module.
The separation must be simple but yet must be effective so that the development is
not affected.

The system under consideration has been divided into several modules
taking in consideration the above-mentioned criteria. The different modules are
1. User module
2. Administrator module

5.2 INPUT DESIGN

The input design is the link between the information system and the user. It
comprises the developing specification and procedures for data preparation and
those steps are necessary to put transaction data into a usable form for processing
data entry. The activity of putting data into the computer for processing can be
achieved by inspecting the computer to read data from a written or printed

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document or it can occur by having people keying the data directly into the system.
The design of input focuses on controlling the amount of input required, controlling
errors, avoiding delay, avoiding extra steps and keeping the process simple.

The system needs the data regarding the asset items, depreciation rates, asset
transfer, and physical verification for various validation, checking, calculation and
report generation. The error raising method is also included in the software, which
helps to raise error message while wrong entry of input is done. So in input design
the following things are considered.

What data should be given as input?

How the data should be arranged or coded?
Methods for preparing input validations and steps to follow when error occur
The samples of screen layout are given in the appendix.

5.3 OUTPUT DESIGN

Computer output is the most important and direct information source to the
user. Output design is a process that involves designing necessary outputs in
the form of reports that should be given to the users according to the
requirements. Efficient, intelligible output design should improve the system's
relationship with the user and help in decision making. Since the reports are
directing referred by the management for taking decisions and to draw
conclusions they must be designed with almost care and the details in the
reports must be simple, descriptive and clear to the user. So while designing
output the following things are to be considered.

Determine what information to present

Arrange the presentation of information in an acceptable format
Decide how to distribute the output to intended receipts

Depending on the nature and future use of output required, they can be
displayed on the monitor for immediate need and for obtaining the hardcopy. The
options for the output reports are given in the appendix.

5.4 DATABASE DESIGN

The overall objective in the development of database technology has been to
treat data as an organizational resource and as an integrated whole. DBMS allow
data to be protected and organized separately from other resources. Database is an

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integrated collection of data. The most significant form of data as seen by the
programmers is data as stored on the direct access storage devices. This is the
difference between logical and physical data.

Database files are the key source of information into the system. It is
the process of designing database files, which are the key source of
information to the system. The files should be properly designed and planned for
collection, accumulation, editing and retrieving the required information.

The organization of data in database aims to achieve three major objectives: -

1. Data integration.
2. Data integrity.
3. Data independence.

The proposed system stores the information relevant for processing in the
MYSQL SERVER database. This database contains tables, where each table
corresponds to one particular type of information. Each piece of information in
table is called a field or column. A table also contains records, which is a set of
fields. All records in a table have the same set of fields with different information.
There are primary key fields that uniquely identify a record in a table. There are
also fields that contain primary key from another table called foreign keys.

5.4.2 TABLES
1. TABLE LOGIN

FIELDNAME DATATYPE
Firstname Varchar()
Lastname Varchar()
Email Varchar()
Username Varchar()
Lastname Varchar()
password MD5()
dtime Date()
regId Varchar()

2.Table pdetails

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FIELDNAME DATATYPE
Sal Varchar()
fullname Varchar()
Age Varchar()
Mstatus Varchar()
gender Varchar()
opt_cat Varchar()
mname Varchar()
fname Varchar()
religion Varchar()
address Varchar()
state Varchar()
pincode Int
email Varchar()
mobile Varchar()

3.Table edudetails

FIELDNAME DATATYPE
grad_xam Varchar()
Grad_stream Varchar()
Grad_univ Varchar()
Grad_yop Int
Grad_marks Int
Pgrad_xam Varchar()
Pgrad_stream Varchar()
Pgrad_univ Varchar()
Pgrad_yop Int
Pgrad_marks Int
Othr_xam Varchar()
Othr_stream Varchar()
Othr_yop Int
Othr_marks Int
Course_applied Varchar()

4.Table upload

code Varchar()
photo Varchar()
sign Varchar()
draft Varchar()

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5.4.3 DATAFLOW DIAGRAMS

Level 0

ONLINE
USER/ DATABASE
ADMISSION
ADMINISTRATOR SYSTEM

Level 1

REGISTER
STUDENT
DATABASE

LOGIN
FORM

PROFILE

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Level 2

ADMINISTRATOR

DATABASE

LOGIN

STUDENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEM UPDATE
INFORMATION

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Level 3

STUDENT

LOGIN

DATATBASE
PERSONAL
DETAILS

EDUCATIONAL
DETAILS

PAYMENT
DETAILS

PROFILE

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6. EE DIAGRAM

Category

User Course

Application form

Academic details Eligibility

criteria

Payment
details

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7. Validating the Database

User:-

Name Form_no. Category_id Course_id Draft_no. Contact_no. Father’s_name Sex address email

Category:-

Category_id Category_name Application_form_no. Draft_no.

Course:-

Course_id Course_name Application_form_no. Draft_no.

Eligibility criteria:-
Course_id Category_id Application_form_no.

Academic details:-
Application_form_no. Name Percentage Exam_passed

Payment details:-
Application_form_no. Draft_no. Course_id Category_id Payment_filled

• Each color depicts a unique entity.

• The color of the corresponding attribute depicts the foreign key.
• Underline attributes are primary keys of each entity.
• Other attributes are represented by black color.

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7. TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS

7.1 PHP (Hyper text Preprocessor)

PHP, which stands for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" is a widely-used

Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for
Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C,
Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of the language is to allow
web developers to write dynamically generated web pages quickly, but you can
do much more with PHP.

Security

PHP is a powerful language and the interpreter, whether included in a web

server as a module or executed as a separate CGI binary, is able to access
files, execute commands and open network connections on the server. These
properties make anything run on a web server insecure by default. PHP is designed
specifically to be a more secure language for writing CGI programs than Per l or
C, and with correct selection of compile time and runtime configuration
options, and proper coding practices, it can give you exactly the combination
of freedom and security you need. As there are many different ways of utilizing
PHP, there are many configuration options controlling its behavior. A large
selection of options guarantees you can use PHP for a lot of purposes, but it also
means there are combinations of these options and server configurations that result
in an insecure setup.
The configuration flexibility of PHP is equally rivaled by the code flexibility.
PHP can be used to build complete server applications, with all the power of a
shell user, or it can be used for simple server-side includes with little risk in
a tightly controlled environment. How you build that environment, and how
secure it is, is largely up to the PHP developer.

Features

PHP manages freeing all resources. Users does not required to free file
handle resource, database resources, memory, etc, unless programmer need to
free resource during script execution. All resources are released after script
execution PHP4 also have reference count feature. For example, memory for
variables is shared when it assigned to other variable. If contents have been
changed, PHP4 allocate new memory for it. Programmer does not have to

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use pass by reference for large parameters for better performance with
PHP4.It would be a nice section for new PHP user s, if there is "Resource
Handling" section or like. Explanation about reference count feature in PHP4
would be very helpful to write better PHP4 scripts also.

7.2 My SQL
My SQL query () sends a unique query (multiple queries are not
supported) to the currently active database on the server that's associated with
the specified link_identifier. The query string should not end with a semicolon. If
the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by My SQL connection is
assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect
() was called with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or
established, an E_WARNING level warning is generated.

7.3 OPTIMIZATION OF CODE

Code optimization aims at improving execution efficiency of a program. This is
achieved in two ways:

- Redundancies in a program are eliminated.

-Computations in a program are rearranged or rewritten to make it execute

efficiently.
-The optimization must not change the meaning of a program.

The Online Admission system µ optimizes the code by using the

optimization techniques such as dead code elimination and frequency
reduction. Thus improves the execution efficiency.

7.4 VALIDATION CHECKS

Validation means observing the behavior of the system. The verification and
validation means that will ensure that the output of a phase is consistent
with its input and that the output of the phase is consistent with the overall
requirements of the system. The College Alumni’s system performed validation
by verifying the output of each phase. This is done to ensure that it is consistent
with the required output. If not we apply certain mechanisms for repairing and
thereby achieved the requirement.

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8. SYSTEM SECURITY MEASURES

Any system developed should be secured and protected against possible
hazards. Security measures are provided to prevent unauthorized access of the
database at various levels. An uninterrupted power supply should be so that
the power failure or voltage fluctuations will not erase the data in the files.

8.1 TECHNICAL SECURITY MEASURES

This is associated with technical problems such as exception conditions
detected during execution. This exception should be programmed in the system
itself. System errors are some operation during the execution may cause it to
fail. This is because of logical programming error. So it is essential to handle these
problems effectively.

8.2 INFRASTRUCTURAL SECURITY MEASURES

This is associated with computer failure, system crash, and disk failure.
Physical problems and catastrophes refers to an endless list of problems that
includes power air conditioning failure, fire, theft, damage, overwriting disk or
tape by mistake.

8.3 ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES

Some problems occur in organization due to the concurrent execution
of system. Prevention of labor turnover is another security measure related to the
organization.

8.4 PERSONAL RELATED SECURITY MEASURE

This security is concerned with offering security to the persons who
are developing and using the system. This is offered by providing username and
password for each and every person using the system.

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9. FUTURE SCOPE
The future scope of this project is very broad

Few of them are:

- This can be implemented in less time for proper admission process

- This can be accessed anytime anywhere, since it is a web application
provided only an internet connection
-The user had not need to travel a long distance for the admission and his/her time
is also saved as a result of this automated system

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10. CONCLUSION
This system, being the first we have created in PHP, has proven more difficult than
originally imagined. While it may sound simple to fill out a few forms and process
the information, much more is involved in the selection of applicants than this.
Every time progress was made and features were added, ideas for additional
features or methods to improve the usability of the system made they apparent.
Furthermore, adding one feature meant that another required feature was now
possible and balancing completing these required features with the ideas for
improvement as well as remembering everything that had to be done was a project
in itself.

Debugging can sometimes be a relatively straight forward process, or rather

finding out what you must debug can be. Since so many parts of the admissions
system are integrated into one another, if an error occurs on one page, it may be a
display error, for example; it may be the information is not correctly read from the
database; or even that the information is not correctly stored in the database
initially, and all three must be checked on each occasion. This slows down the
process and can be frustrating if the apparent cause of a problem is not obvious at
first. Language used must be simple and easy to understand and compatibility is
paramount. If this system were not designed as an entirely web based application, it
would not have been possible to recreate its current state of portability.

Overall, the system performs well, and while it does not include all of the features
that may have been desired, it lives up to initial expectations. The majority of
features that are included work flawlessly and the errors that do exist are minor or
graphical.

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11. BIBLIOGRAPHY

- The PHP Manual-www.php.net.

- PHP Manual-www.w3school.com.
- PHP Manual-www.9lessons.info.
- Wikipedia
- A press Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL 5 From Novice to Professional 2nd Edition.pdf

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