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PHP Training

All participants receive a copy of Webucator's PHP and MySQL Training workbook.

Course Outline

• PHP Basics
  1. How PHP Works
  2. The php.ini File
  3. Basic PHP Syntax
     1. PHP Tags
     2. PHP Statements and Whitespace
     3. Comments
     4. PHP Functions
     5. Hello World!
  4. PHP Tags
  5. PHP Statements and Whitespace
  6. Comments
  7. PHP Functions
  8. Hello World!
  9. Variables
     1. Variable Types
     2. Variable Names (Identifiers
     3. Type Strength
     4. Hello Variables!
     5. Variable Scope
     6. Superglobals
     7. Constants
     8. Variable-Testing and Manipulation Functions
  10. Variable Types
  11. Variable Names (Identifiers
  12. Type Strength
  13. Hello Variables!
  14. Variable Scope
  15. Superglobals
  16. Constants
  17. Variable-Testing and Manipulation Functions
  18. PHP Operators
  19. Creating Dynamic Pages
      1. Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
      2. Howdy World!
  20. Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
  21. Howdy World!
  22. Conclusion
• Flow Control
  1. Conditional Processing
     1. If Conditions
  2. If Conditions
  3. Loops
     1. while
     2. do...while
     3. for
     4. break and continue
  4. while
  5. do...while
  6. for
  7. break and continue
  8. Conclusion
• Arrays
  1. Enumerated Arrays
     1. Initializing Arrays
     2. Appending to an Array
     3. Reading from Arrays
     4. Looping through Arrays
  2. Initializing Arrays
  3. Appending to an Array
  4. Reading from Arrays
  5. Looping through Arrays
  6. Associative Arrays
     1. Initializing Associative Arrays
     2. Reading from Associative Arrays
     3. Looping through Associative Arrays
     4. Superglobal Arrays
  7. Initializing Associative Arrays
  8. Reading from Associative Arrays
  9. Looping through Associative Arrays
  10. Superglobal Arrays
  11. Two-dimensional Arrays
      1. Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
      2. Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
  12. Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
  13. Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
  14. Array Manipulation Functions
  15. Conclusion
• PHP and HTML Forms
  1. HTML Forms
     1. How HTML Forms Work
     2. A Sample HTML Form
     3. Form Variables
  2. How HTML Forms Work
  3. A Sample HTML Form
  4. Form Variables
  5. Conclusion
• String Manipulation
  1. Formatting Strings
     1. Concatenation
     2. String Manipulation Functions
     3. Examples of String Functions
  2. Concatenation
  3. String Manipulation Functions
  4. Examples of String Functions
  5. Magic Quotes
     1. magic_quotes_gpc
     2. magic_quotes_runtime
     3. Recommendation on Magic Quotes
     4. Conclusion
  6. magic_quotes_gpc
  7. magic_quotes_runtime
  8. Recommendation on Magic Quotes
  9. Conclusion
• Reusing Code and Writing Functions
  1. Including Files
     1. require
     2. require_once
     3. auto_prepend_file and auto_append_file
  2. require
  3. require_once
  4. auto_prepend_file and auto_append_file
  5. User Functions
     1. Defining and Calling Functions
     2. Default Values
     3. Variable Scope
     4. By Reference vs. By Value
  6. Defining and Calling Functions
  7. Default Values
  8. Variable Scope
  9. By Reference vs. By Value
  10. Form Processing
      1. Code Organization
  11. Code Organization
  12. Conclusion
• Simple SELECTs
  1. Introduction to the Northwind Database
  2. Some Basics
     1. Comments
     2. Whitespace and Semi-colons
     3. Case Sensitivity
  3. Comments
  4. Whitespace and Semi-colons
  5. Case Sensitivity
  6. SELECTing All Columns in All Rows
  7. SELECTing Specific Columns
  8. Sorting Records
     1. Sorting By a Single Column
     2. Sorting By Multiple Columns
     3. Sorting By Column Position
     4. Ascending and Descending Sorts
  9. Sorting By a Single Column
  10. Sorting By Multiple Columns
  11. Sorting By Column Position
  12. Ascending and Descending Sorts
  13. The WHERE Clause and Operator Symbols
      1. Checking for Equality
      2. Checking for Inequality
      3. Checking for Greater or Less Than
      4. Checking for NULL
      5. WHERE and ORDER BY
  14. Checking for Equality
  15. Checking for Inequality
  16. Checking for Greater or Less Than
  17. Checking for NULL
  18. WHERE and ORDER BY
  19. The WHERE Clause and Operator Words
      1. The BETWEEN Operator
      2. The IN Operator
      3. The LIKE Operator
      4. The NOT Operator
  20. The BETWEEN Operator
  21. The IN Operator
  22. The LIKE Operator
  23. The NOT Operator
  24. Checking Multiple Conditions
      1. AND
      2. OR
      3. Order of Evaluation
  25. AND
  26. OR
  27. Order of Evaluation
  28. Conclusion
• Subqueries, Joins and Unions
  1. Subqueries
  2. Joins
     1. Table Aliases
     2. Multi-table Joins
  3. Table Aliases
  4. Multi-table Joins
  5. Outer Joins
  6. Unions
     1. UNION ALL
     2. UNION Rules
  7. UNION ALL
  8. UNION Rules
  9. Conclusion
• Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records
  1. INSERT
  2. UPDATE
  3. DELETE
  4. Conclusion
• Managing Data
  1. Querying a Database
     1. mysqli() Overview
     2. mysqli Methods and Properties
     3. Inserting and Updating Records
     4. mysqli Prepared Statements
  2. mysqli() Overview
  3. mysqli Methods and Properties
  4. Inserting and Updating Records
  5. mysqli Prepared Statements
  6. Conclusion
• PEAR:DB
  1. Advantages and Disadvantages of PEAR DB
     1. Why use a database abstraction layer?
     2. When not to use a database abstraction layer?
  2. Why use a database abstraction layer?
  3. When not to use a database abstraction layer?
  4. Using PEAR DB
• Authentication with PHP and SQL
  1. A Database-less Login Form
  2. Conclusion
• Regular Expressions
  1. Perl-compatible Regular Expression Functions
     1. preg_match()
     2. preg_replace()
     3. Regular Expression Tester
  2. preg_match()
  3. preg_replace()
  4. Regular Expression Tester
  5. Regular Expression Syntax
     1. Start and End ( ^ $ )
     2. Number of Occurrences ( ? + * {} )
     3. Common Characters ( . \d \D \w \W \s \S )
     4. Grouping ( [] )
     5. Negation ( ^ )
     6. Subpatterns ( () )
     7. Alternatives ( | )
     8. Escape Character ( \ )
  6. Start and End ( ^ $ )
  7. Number of Occurrences ( ? + * {} )
  8. Common Characters ( . \d \D \w \W \s \S )
  9. Grouping ( [] )
  10. Negation ( ^ )
  11. Subpatterns ( () )
  12. Alternatives ( | )
  13. Escape Character ( \ )
  14. Form Validation Functions with Regular Expressions
  15. Conclusion
• Session Control and Cookies
  1. Sessions
     1. Configuring Sessions
     2. Session Functions
  2. Configuring Sessions
  3. Session Functions
  4. Cookies
  5. Conclusion
• Sending Email with PHP
  1. mail()
     1. Shortcomings of mail()
  2. Shortcomings of mail()
  3. PHPMailer
  4. Conclusion
• File System Management
  1. Opening a File
     1. fopen()
  2. fopen()
  3. Reading from a File
     1. fgets()
  4. fgets()
  5. Writing to a File
     1. fwrite()
  6. fwrite()
  7. File Locking
     1. flock()
  8. flock()
  9. Uploading Files via an HTML Form
  10. Getting File Information
  11. More File Functions
  12. Directory Functions
      1. Getting a Directory Listing
  13. Getting a Directory Listing
  14. Conclusion

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