What is PHP?

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor) is a

widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Introduction
The rigin of PHP
PHP is better than !ts alternatives
!nterfaces to "#ternal systems
How PHP wor$s with the %eb &erver
Hardware and &oftware re'uirements
%hat a PHP script loo$s li$e
&aving data for later
(eceiving user input
(epeating code
Basic PHP Development
How PHP scripts wor$
)asic PHP synta#
PHP data types
displaying type information
testing for a specific data type
*hanging type with &et type
perators
+ariable manipulation
,ynamic variables
&tring in PHP
Control Structures
The if statement
-sing the else clause with if statement
the switch statement
-sing the. perator
the while statement
The do while statement
The for statement
)rea$ing out of loops
/esting loops
&ummary
Functions
%hat a function
,efining a function
(eturning value from function
-ser-defined functions
,ynamic function calls
+ariable scope
0ccessing variable with the global
statement
1unction calls with the static statement
&etting default values for arguments
Passing arguments to a function by value
Passing arguments to a function by
reference
Testing for function e#istence
Arrays
&ingle-,imensional 0rrays
Multidimensional 0rrays
*asting 0rrays
0ssociative arrays
0ccessing arrays
Working With he File System
*reating and deleting a file
(eading and writing te#t files
wor$ing with directories in PHP
chec$ing for e#istence of file
,etermining file si2e
pening a file for writing3 reading3 or
appending
%riting ,ata to the file
(eading characters
Working With Forms
1orms
&uper global variables
The server array
0 script to ac'uire user input
!mporting user input
0ccessing user input
*ombine HTML and PHP code
-sing hidden fields
(edirecting the user
1ile upload and scripts
Working With !egular "#pressions
The basic regular e#pressions
P*("
Matching patterns
1inding matches
(eplace patterns
Modifiers 3)rea$up &trings
Classes And $%&ects
b4ects oriented programming
,efine a class
0n b4ect
*reating an ob4ect
b4ect properties
b4ect methods
b4ect constructors and destructors
*lass constants
*lass inheritance
Introduction o Data%ase
!ntroduction to &5L
*onnecting to the M6&5L
&electing a database
1inding out about errors
0dding data to a table
0c'uiring the value
1inding the number of rows
!nserting data
"ntering and updating data
"#ecuting multiple 'ueries
Cookies
The anatomy of a coo$ie
&etting a coo$ie with PHP
,eleting a coo$ie
*reating session coo$ie
%or$ing with the 'uery string
*reating 'uery string
Session
%hat is session
&tarting a session
%or$ing with session variables
,estroying session
Passing session !ds
"ncoding and decoding session variables
Disk Access' I($' )ath And )ail
HTTP connections
%riting to the browser
7etting input from forms
utput buffering
&ession handling
(egular e#pression
*ommon math
(andom numbers
1ile upload
1ile download
"nvironment variables
"-mail in PHP
Advance PHP
*oomla +Content )anagement System
and We% Application Frame,ork-
,etail discussion of component3 module3
mambots and complete wor$flow of
8oomla
How to create component 9 module in
8oomla
*ustomi2ation of e#isting component and
modules
verview of 8oomla :.;
P"A! +PHP "#tension and Application
!epository-
,iscuss framewor$ and distribution
system for reusable PHP components
,iscussion of pear
Practical application of pear in
combination with smarty
A*A. +Asynchronous *avaScript and
.)/-
!ntroduction to 080<
!ntroduction to <MLHttp(e'uest b4ect
Method and Properties of <MLHttp(e'uest
0pplication of 080< in web application
osCommerce +$pen Source Shopping
Cart-
!ntroduction to &hopping *art
!ntroduction to os*ommerce opensource
,iscussion of various module of
os*ommerce
*ustomi2ation of e#isting template and
module