PHP: Introduction
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Course Description:
PHP applications are popular, easy to code and can run on any server or operating system. PHP can be integrated directly within your HTML code and allows information to be accessed from any data source. This two day intensive course will introduce you to the fundamentals of PHP and show you how to build complete applications that include the use of cookies and sessions, creating functions and arrays to use in PHP code, sending email and processing forms using PHP.
This is a comprehensive and practical introduction to PHP. Feel free to tailor the following course outline to your exact requirements if you wish.
This course includes the following modules:
Introduction
- PHP and ho…
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Course Description:
PHP applications are popular, easy to code and can run on any server or operating system. PHP can be integrated directly within your HTML code and allows information to be accessed from any data source. This two day intensive course will introduce you to the fundamentals of PHP and show you how to build complete applications that include the use of cookies and sessions, creating functions and arrays to use in PHP code, sending email and processing forms using PHP.
This is a comprehensive and practical introduction to PHP. Feel free to tailor the following course outline to your exact requirements if you wish.
This course includes the following modules:
Introduction
- PHP and how it works
- Your first PHP page
- Different functions: Print, Echo and Print F
Variables and identifiers
- Working with Identifiers
- Variables, String, Number
- The ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫here doc function
- The Math operators
- Using constants
- Concatenation
- Shorthand operators
- Using Expressions
- Using variables and variable scope
Conditional statements
- Control statements
- Logic and relational operators
- Using ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫If, ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫Else if and ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫Else
- Switch operator
- Comparison operators
- Conditional operators
Loops
- Using the While loop
- Break statements
- Continue statements
- Using ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫do...while, ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫for, ?¢‚Äöá®Ä∫foreach
Functions
- Creating your own functions
- Calling a function
- Using arguments
- Return statements and static statements
- Scope of variables
- Optional arguments
- Dynamic, built-in and data functions
Arrays
- Array assignments
- Array functions
Form validation
- Validating mandatory information
- User friendly validation techniques
- Using the setcookie function
- Data functions
- String functions
Advanced forms
- Working with drop down menus
- Checkboxes and radio buttons
- Comparison functions
- Using Strcmp()
- Using Strcasesmp()
HTTP
- HTTP basics
- Headers
- Environment variables
Cookies
- Setting cookies
- Reading cookies
- Deleting cookies
- When to use cookies
Session variables
- Setting sessions
- Storing session variables
- Reading sessions
- Deleting sessions
Email function
- Creating auto-responder
- Using email to accept simple on-line orders
Built in functions
- Include()
- Require()
- Include_once()
- Require_once()
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- Overview of MySQL
- Overview of PHP and XML
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