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Introduction to PHP Training

Course length: 3 days
Course Web Page: http://www.webucator.com/WebDev/IntroPhp.cfm

Class Overview
In this PHP training course, students will learn to create database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL
or the database of their choice.

Class Goals
• Learn how PHP works
• Learn the basic syntax of PHP
• Learn to create dynamic interactive pages with PHP
• Learn to manipulate files with PHP
• Learn to work with arrays in PHP
• Learn to validate forms with PHP
• Learn to write functions in PHP
• Learn/Review basic SQL
• Learn to manipulate and manage database data with PHP
• Learn to authenticate users with PHP
• Learn to manage sessions with PHP

Class Prerequisites
• HTML
• CSS (Useful, but not required)
• Basic Programming (Useful, but not required)

Class Outline
• PHP Basics
• PHP Syntax
• Passing Values Via the URL
• HTML Forms and PHP Variables
• Identifiers and Constants
• Variable Scope
• Magic Quotes
• Operators
• Flow Control
• If Conditions
• Switch Statements
• Loops
• Getting the Most out of php.net

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• Reading and Writing to Files in PHP

• Opening a File
• Reading from a File
• Writing to a File
• Other File Functions
• File Locking

• Using Arrays in PHP

• Standard Arrays
• Associative Arrays
• Two-dimensional Arrays
• Array Manipulation Functions

• String Manipulation in PHP

• Formatting Strings
• String Functions
• Basic Form Validation

• Reusing Code and Writing Functions in PHP

• Including Files
• Writing User-defined Functions
• Passing by Value vs. Passing by Reference
• Returning Values from Functions

• A Quick Intro to / Review of SQL

• SELECT Statements
• INSERT Statements
• UPDATE Statements
• DELETE Statements

• Database Manipulation and PHP

• Querying a Database and Displaying Results
• Inserting Records
• Updating Records
• Deleting Records

• Authentication with PHP and SQL

• PHP's Native Database Functions
• PEAR:DB as an Abstraction Layer
• Encrypting Passwords

• Session Control in PHP

• Starting Sessions
• Continuing Sessions
• Ending Sessions
• Writing and Deleting Cookies
• Improving Login/Logout

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Class Materials
Each student will get a copy of PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson,
in addition to a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

Technical Requirements
• PHP 4.3 or later
• PHP Editor (One of the following)
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• ActiveState Komodo
• Antechinus PHP Editor
• Sapien PrimalScript
• PHP Coder
• Nusphere PhpED
• HandyHTML Editor
• PHP IDE of Your Choice
• Web Server (One of the following)
• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
• Apache Web server
• Database (One of the following)
• SQL Server
• MSDE
• MySQL
• Oracle
• Microsoft Access
• Browser (One of the following)
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later
• Mozilla Firefox

For more information...

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