Introduction to PHP Training

Name: Introduction to PHP Training
Rating: 4.5 (35 reviews)

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

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 to manipulate and manage database data with PHP.
Learn to authenticate users with PHP.
Learn to manage sessions with PHP.
Learn advanced form validation with regular expressions.
Learn to send email with PHP.

Outline

PHP Basics
1. Welcome to the Server-side
  1. What is a web server?
  2. Dynamic Websites
2. Google Chrome DevTools: Network Tab
  1. Status Codes
3. How PHP Works
  1. The phpini File
  2. PHP Tags
  3. Hello, World!
4. Comments
5. PHP Statements and Whitespace
6. PHP Functions
7. phpnet
8. Exercise: Using phpnet
9. Variables
  1. Variable Types
  2. Variable Names (Identifiers)
  3. Type Juggling and Casting
  4. Hello Variables!
10. Exercise: First PHP Script
11. Variable Scope
  1. Superglobals
12. Single Quotes vs Double Quotes
13. Concatenation
14. Passing Variables on the URL
15. Exercise: Passing Variables via the Query String
16. User-defined Functions (UDFs)
  1. Defining and Calling Functions
  2. Default Values
  3. Variable Scope
  4. By Reference vs By Value
17. Introduction to the Poet Tree Club
18. Including Files
  1. require
  2. require_once
19. Exercise: Using Header and Footer Includes
20. Constants
21. Error Reporting
22. Exercise: Displaying Errors
  1. Including a Secure Configuration File
23. Exercise: Including a Configuration File
PHP Conditionals
1. if / if - else / if - elseif - else
  1. Simple if Condition
  2. if-else Condition
  3. if-elseif-else statement
  4. False Equivalents: Falsy Values
2. Testing for Variable Existence
3. Exercise: Checking for Variable Existence
4. switch/case
5. Exercise: Working with Conditions
6. Ternary Operator
7. Exercise: The Ternary Operator
8. Null Coalescing Operator
Arithmetic Operators and Loops
1. Arithmetic Operators
2. The Modulus Operator
3. Loops
  1. while
  2. dowhile
  3. for
  4. break and continue
4. Exercise: Working with Loops
Arrays
1. Indexed Arrays
  1. Initializing Arrays
  2. Appending to an Array
  3. Reading from Arrays
  4. Looping through Arrays
2. Exercise: Working with Indexed Arrays
3. Associative Arrays
  1. Initializing Associative Arrays
  2. Reading from Associative Arrays
  3. Looping through Associative Arrays
  4. Superglobal Arrays
4. Exercise: Working with Associative Arrays
5. Multi-dimensional Arrays
  1. Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
  2. Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
  3. Two-dimensional Associative Arrays
  4. Non-tabular Multi-dimensional Arrays
6. Array Manipulation Functions
7. in_array() Function
8. Exercise: Array Practice
Working with Databases
1. Objects
2. Attributes / Properties
3. Behaviors / Methods
4. Classes vs Objects
5. Connecting to a Database with PDO
6. Introducing the Poetree Database
7. phpMyAdmin
8. Querying Records with PHP
9. Exercise: Creating a Single Poem Page
10. Queries Returning Multiple Rows
11. Exercise: Creating the Poems Listings
12. Exercise: Adding Pagination
13. Exercise: Sorting
14. Exercise: Filtering
15. Exercise: Adding Filtering Links to the Single Poem Page
Exception Handling
1. Uncaught Exceptions
2. Throwing Your Own Exceptions
3. Catching Exceptions
  1. Getting Information about Exceptions
4. Exercise: Division Form
5. PDOExceptions
6. Exercise: Logging Errors
7. Exercise: The dbConnect() Function
8. When Queries Fail to Execute
9. Exercise: Catching Errors in the PHP Poetry Website
PHP and HTML Forms
1. HTML Forms
  1. How HTML Forms Work
2. Form Submissions
3. Sanitizing Form Data
  1. htmlspecialchars()
  2. htmlentities()
  3. filter_var()
  4. filter_input()
4. Validating Form Data
  1. Was the Field Filled In?
  2. Is the Entered Value an Integer?
  3. Is it an Email?
  4. Is it a Valid Password and Do the Passwords Match?
  5. Do the Combined Values Create a Valid Date?
  6. Did the User Check the Box?
5. Exercise: Processing Form Input
Sending Email with PHP
1. mail()
  1. Shortcomings of mail()
2. Setting Up PHPMailer
  1. Get and Install the Latest Version of PHPMailer
3. Mail Server
4. Exercise: Including a Mail Configuration File
5. Sending Email with PHPMailer
6. PHPMailer Methods and Properties
7. Exercise: Creating a Contact Form
Authentication with PHP and SQL
1. The Registration Process
2. Passwords and Pass Phrases
3. Registration with Tokens
4. Exercise: Creating a Registration Form
5. Sessions
  1. Session Variables
6. Cookies
7. Exercise: Logging in
8. Logging Out
9. $_REQUEST Variables
10. Exercis9: Resetting the Pass Phrase
LAB: Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Poems
1. Exercise: Submitting a New Poem
2. Exercise: Editing an Existing Poem
3. Exercise: Deleting a Poem
Uploading Files
1. Uploading Images via an HTML Form
2. Resizing Images
3. Exercise: Uploading a Profile Picture

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this PHP class:

HTML

Experience in the following would be useful for this PHP class:

CSS
Basic Programming

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