PROGRAMMING Training
PHP Programming & MySQL for Web Development
Overview
The PHP Programming & MySQL for Web Development course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain PHP scripts utilizing the MYSQL database system and HTML.
Prerequisites
Familiarisation with programming concepts is useful, this knowledge can be obtained by attendance on the Concepts of Programming course.
Objectives
On completion of the PHP Programming & MySQL for Web Development course the delegate will have a good practical knowledge of how to write successful HTML/PHP code utilising a MySQL database.
Outline
Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: HISTORY OF PHP
- Installing PHP
- General Requirements
- UNIX based Systems
- Windows based Systems
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Session 2: PHP LANGUAGE BASICS
- Programming Basics
- Comment markers
- PHP Tags
- Output Commands
- Using STDIN STDOUT and STDERR
- Using Files
- Include_path
- Opening files
- Reading files
- Writing to Files
- RTRIM
Session 3: PHP VARIABLES
- Naming Rules
- Data Types
- Numerical
- Integer
- Floating Point Numbers
- Floating Point Precision
- Single Quoted Strings
- Double Quoted Strings
- Creating and Assigning Variables
- Assigning Values to Variables
- Type Conversion
- Variable Scoping
- Global Keyword
- Static Keyword
- Super Globals
- Constants
- Variable Variables
- Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Increment/Decrement Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- String Operators
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators
Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 4: CONTROL STRUCTURES
- Statement Blocks
- If Construct
- Else Keyword
- Elseif Keyword
- Looping Constructs
- While Loop
- Do-while Loop
- For Loop
- Foreach Loop
- Loop Control Words
- Break
- Continue
Session 5: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
- Meta-Characters
- Backslash
- Unicode Character Properties
- Circumflex and Dollar
- Full Stop
- Square Brackets
- Vertical Bar
- Multipliers
- Subpatterns
- Repetition
- Pattern Matching with ereg and eregi
- Pattern Matching with preg_match
- Splitting Text
- Switch
Session 6: PHP ARRAYS
- Syntax
- Creating/Modifying with Square-Bracket Syntax
- Array Functions
- Pitfalls when using Arrays
- Using a Return value as a Key
- Converting to Array
- Sorting an Array
- Multi-Dimensional Arrays
- Example
- Creating a new Multi-Dimensional Array
Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 7: PHP FUNCTIONS
- Conditionally Created Functions
- Functions Created Inside Functions
- Argument Passing by Value
- Argument Passing by Reference
- Returning Values
- Including External PHP Functions
Session 8: PHP OBJECT ORIENTED
- Classes and Inheritance
- Classes
- Inheritance
- Keywords
Session 9: PHP & PEAR
- What is PEAR?
- Command Line Package Installer
- Fully-Automatic Installation
- Semi-Automatic Installation
- What is PECL
Session 10: PHP & HTML
- HTML/PHP Examples
Course Contents - DAY 4
Session 11: PHP CONFIGURATION
- Working with External Files
- Error Reporting
- Interacting with External Programs
Session 12: BASIC SQL STATEMENTS
- Creating Databases and Tables
- Inserting Data into Tables
- Viewing Tables
- UPDATE
- Drop
Session 13: CONNECTING TO MySQL
- mysql_connect
- mysql_error
- mysql_select_db
- Die
Session 14: USING PHP TO PERFORM DATABASE FUNCTIONS
- Inserting Data into a Database
- Creating Queries
- Executing Queries
- Processing the Returned Query Data
- Updating the Database
Course Contents - DAY 5
Session 15: GENERATING HTML USING PHP
- PHP Inside HTML
- HTML Form with Embedded PHP
- Multiple HTML Pages/Forms with PHP
Session 16: EMAIL AND COOKIES USING PHP
- Generating Email using PHP
- Generating Cookies using PHP
- Using Cookies
Session 17: PHP AND DATABASE SECURITY
- Designing Databases
- Connecting to Database
- Encrypted Storage Model
- SQL Injection
- Security Techniques
- Error Reporting
- User Submitted Data