A four-day PHP course designed to enable web
developers and others with limited programming experience to build
dynamic e-commerce web sites. The course covers the most important
range
of functions in depth, and enables understanding of the remaining less
essential aspects. The content of this PHP course is identical to a
three day in-house PHP for Progammers course, but the pacing is
adjusted
to suit the needs of non-programmers. and public delegates.
To gain a thorough practical introduction in
the use of the PHP language and to build confidence to use the skills
immediately.
CODES: :(CL) - Central London, (Le)
- Leeds
INTENSITY: About 40% of the course is
practicals, and 60% lectures.
RESOURCE: Each student will have
exclusive use of a PC for the duration of the course. Each student will
be provided with a full set of training notes relating to the course.
PREREQUISITES: Web developers and web
designers with a modest amount of programming experience. Students will
typically have used another simple or domain-specific language such as
VBscript or Javascript. Basic knowledge of HTML and HTTP is a
requirement; some knowledge of CSS, SGML and XML would be a definite
advantage. Please call if you require any advice.
FOLLOW UPS:
Students would also benefit from our Two-day Apache Workshop course
which gives essential instruction in the administration of the popular
web server.
Please ASK about our other training courses
- Perl programming, Samba, Unix and Solaris, TCP/IP Internet and the
rest!
PRACTICALS / TAKEAWAYS: Each student
leaves the course with his own set of training notes for the material
covered.
| Every student who attends this course
at our training centre will be issued with a signed certificate of
course completion, which we will be happy to "authenticate" upon future
request. |
| Students on this course can print out
their work and take it away with them. |
SOFTWARE VERSIONS: Covers PHP Version
4
TOPICS COVERED ON THE COURSE
Introduction to PHP
History of PHP. Comparison with dynamic content alternatives (Perl,
CGI, ASP, JSP, Servlets , CGI, etc) PHP tools and set up (web
browser/server, editor, libraries, etc); create a basic PHP Script
Taking user input.
Selecting alternatives Use PHP to generate HTTP headers Pass PHP
variables via the URL
Taking User Input from Forms via PHP
Creating forms with PHP. Using the form GET method. Using the form POST
method Obtaining data from forms through variables Using hidden fields.
Calling pages from themselves using forms. Quoting HTML entities in
user
input
Variables and Expressions in PHP
Identifiers. Data Types (integers, floats and strings). Creating
Variables. Variable assignment Variable Scope. User-defined Constants
HTTP environment variables
PHP Operators
Arithmetic Operators. Logical Operators. Relational Operators. Bitwise
Operators. Other Operators. Assignment Operators
Conditional Tests and Events in PHP
True and False. If, else and elseif. The switch / case statement. The ?
Operator Comparing for equality or identity
PHP Flow Control
Loops: while, do ... while, for, break and continue, exit
PHP Functions
Purpose of functions. Built-in functions. Declaring functions.
Arguments to functions. return. Scope (global vs local). Recursion.
Variable function calls
Storing Data in Arrays using PHP
What are arrays?. How and when to use arrays Indexing arrays.
Initialising arrays. Add/remove info from arrays. One-dimensional
arrays. Multi-dimensional arrays. Array-related functions.
Handling Databases with PHP
PHP's database APIs. Error-handling strategies.
Connection/disconnection, log in/log out. Including common access
functions. Doing simple SQL queries via PHP. Building HTML tables using
SQL Queries
Using Cookies with PHP
Cookie properties. Setting a cookie in PHP Retrieving PHP cookies.
Expiring/Deleting PHP cookies. Drawbacks to cookies. Using cookies
well.
Cookie Security Issues
Session Management in PHP
What is a session?. Dependencies on the php.ini file. Understanding PHP
session variables. Create a PHP session variable. Register and modify
PHP session variables. Putting PHP session IDs in pages. Good Practice
with sessions and PHP
PHP Sessions and databases
File and Directory Access Using PHP Opening files, local and remote.
Reading and writing files. include. require. Handling file permissions.
Handling file ownership. File locking. Opening and reading directories.
File uploads from the browser/user
Other I/O Issues in PHP
Getting IP adresses from visitors. Getting referring urls from
visitors. Shell Commands. Environment variables. Showing different
content to different browsers (IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc).
Debugging. Handling HTTP and MIME headers
Handling Email with PHP
Sending email. Unix and NT setup Attachments with PHP
Objects in PHP
Object basics. Inheritance. Classes in PHP Constructor functions
.Accessing instance data and functions
Graphics in PHP
Graphics basics Image MIME type Basic examples Creation from an
existing image Image copying and resizing Drawing text on images True
Type fonts
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