Class overview :

Class goals :

This course introduces the PHP framework and syntax, and covers in depth the most important techniques used to build dynamic web sites. Students learn how to connect to any ODBC-compliant database, and perform hands on practice with a MySQL database to create database-driven HTML forms and reports. E-commerce skills including user authentication, data validation, dynamic data updates, and shopping cart implementation are covered in detail. Students also learn how to configure PHP and the Apache Web Server. Comprehensive lab exercises provide facilitated hands on practice crucial to developing competence and confidence with the new skills being learned.

Content of PHP Programming

• PHP Architecture
• Installing and Configuring Apache for PHP
• Name-Based Virtual Hosting
• Installing and Configuring IIS
• Configuring php.ini
• Sending Output to a Browser
• Using PHP Variables and Data Types
• Defining Constants
• Arithmetic, Comparison and Logical Operators
• Concatenation
• Conditional Statements in PHP (If, Else and Elseif , Switch)
• Looping Constructs in PHP (While, Do… While, For, Exit & Break)
• Declaring Functions
• Predefined PHP Functions
• Using Include Files
• Working with Arrays
• Creating Associative Arrays
• One-Dimensional Arrays
• Multi-Dimensional Arrays
• String Manipulation Functions and Regular Expressions
• Form Data Collection
• Using Cookies
• Starting, Continuing, & Destroying Sessions
• Using Environment Variables
• Using phpMyAdmin
• Installing and Configuring MySQL
• Executing SQLCalls
• Debugging and Error Handling
• Using ODBC
• Accessing Files and Sending E-Mail
• Uploading Files with PHP

This PHP programming training course provides the knowledge necessary to design and develop dynamic, database-driven web pages using PHP version 5. PHP is a language written for the web, quick to learn, easy to deploy and provides substantial functionality required for e-commerce.