biokr/locblast repository overview

locBLAST⁠ is a PHP library for enriching command-line NCBI BLAST+ programs to an interactive graphical user interface. It performs both local and remote database search through a PHP supported web server. The PHP library executes the command-line NCBI BLAST+ programs using exec() function by passing parameters from the HTML form fields. In PHP, the system(), exec(), passthru(), and shell_exec() functions are used to pass system commands.

The locBLAST⁠ allows users to input query sequence by pasting in the text box or file uploading. Currently, locBLAST⁠ supports nine BLAST+ programs such as blastn, blastp, blastx, tblastn, tblastx, deltablast, psiblast, rpsblast, and rpstblastn for sequence search. Moreover, the latest release locBLAST⁠ supports various platforms such as Windows, Linux, and MacOS. The locBLAST⁠ PHP library and test database files were freely available at GitHub⁠.

⁠Support⁠

Please feel free to sent your queries, suggestions and/or comments related to locBLAST⁠ program to [email protected]⁠ or [email protected]⁠.

⁠License⁠

locBLAST⁠ is made available under version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

⁠Citation⁠

Ashok Kumar, T. (2019). locBLAST v2.0 - an improved PHP library for embedding standalone NCBI BLAST+ program to an interactive graphical user interface. bioRxiv⁠. [Abstract]⁠ [PDF]⁠