PHP
training course contents
What is PHP?
PHP history, dynamic web pages, how PHP works, alternatives
to PHP. Downloading and installing PHP. Installing MySQL,
installing Apache, platform issues.
A first PHP web page
A basic PHP script, PHP page structure. PHP comments. Integrating PHP and HTML.
PHP forms
HTML forms, taking values from forms.
PHP and HTML
Page inputs, environment inputs. phpinfo(), other form elements,
sticky fields, generalised code, tables, forms, form elements,
style sheets, JavaScript.
Variables operators and expressions
Expressions, data types, assignments, scope, constants, HTTP
environment variables, getting data from forms using variables.
Operators
Arithmetic, logical, relational, Boolean, others.
Control statements
Conditional: if, else, elseif, switch. Loops: while, do while,
for, break, continue, exit.
Functions
Built in functions, declaration, arguments, scope, loading functions from other files, defaulting parameters, call by value/ name.
Arrays
Indexes, array initialisation, array manipulation, multi dimensional arrays, array functions.
String handling
What is a string, string functions, matching, extraction,
replacement. String operations, cleansing, sprintf, formatting
web pages, strops and others, splitting strings, REs.
PHP and databases
Database structure, Database APIs, MySQL, Creating tables,
Editing tables, simple SQL queries using PHP, building
HTML tables using SQL queries, SQL injection, security
issues, error handling.
File I/O
Opening, reading, writing files. Permissions, ownership, locking, directories.
PHP, cookies and sessions
State, Cookie properties, setting cookies, retrieving cookies, expiring/deleting cookies.
Sessions, session variables, session IDs.
PHP and email
Emailing from servers, attachments.
Objects
OOP, PHP classes, constructors, instances.
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