PHP and MySQL

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Course Description

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

Course Outline

1. PHP BASICS

1.     How PHP Works
2.     The php.ini File
3.     Basic PHP Syntax
4.     PHP Tags
5.     PHP Statements and Whitespace
6.     Comments
7.     PHP Functions
8.     Hello World!
9.     Variables
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
20.     Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
21.     Howdy World!

2. FLOW CONTROL

1.     Conditional Processing
2.     If Conditions
3.     Loops
4.     while
5.     do…while
6.     for
7.     break and continue

3. ARRAYS

1.     Enumerated Arrays
2.     Initializing Arrays
3.     Appending to an Array
4.     Reading from Arrays
5.     Looping through Arrays
6.     Associative Arrays
7.     Initializing Associative Arrays
8.     Reading from Associative Arrays
9.     Looping through Associative Arrays
10.     Superglobal Arrays
11.     Two-dimensional Arrays
12.     Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
13.     Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
14.     Array Manipulation Functions

4. PHP AND HTML FORMS

1.     HTML Forms
2.     How HTML Forms Work
3.     A Sample HTML Form
4.     Form Variables

 5. STRING MANIPULATION

1.     Formatting Strings
2.     Concatenation
3.     String Manipulation Functions
4.     Examples of String Functions
5.     Magic Quotes
6.     magic_quotes_gpc
7.     magic_quotes_runtime
8.     Recommendation on Magic Quotes

6. REUSING CODE AND WRITING FUNCTIONS

1.     Including Files
2.     require
3.     require_once
4.     auto_prepend_file and auto_append_file
5.     User Functions
6.     Defining and Calling Functions
7.     Default Values
8.     Variable Scope
9.     By Reference vs. By Value
10.     Form Processing
11.     Code Organization

7. SIMPLE SELECTS

1.     Introduction to the Northwind Database
2.     Some Basics
3.     Comments
4.     Whitespace and Semi-colons
5.     Case Sensitivity
6.     SELECTing All Columns in All Rows
7.     SELECTing Specific Columns
8.     Sorting Records
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
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
20.     The BETWEEN Operator
21.     The IN Operator
22.     The LIKE Operator
23.     The NOT Operator
24.     Checking Multiple Conditions
25.     AND
26.     OR
27.     Order of Evaluation

8. SUBQUERIES, JOINS AND UNIONS

1.     Subqueries
2.     Joins
3.     Table Aliases
4.     Multi-table Joins
5.     Outer Joins
6.     Unions
7.     UNION ALL
8.     UNION Rules

9. INSERTING, UPDATING AND DELETING RECORDS

1.     INSERT
2.     UPDATE
3.     DELETE

10. MANAGING DATA

1.     Querying a Database
2.     mysqli() Overview
3.     mysqli Methods and Properties
4.     Inserting and Updating Records
5.     mysqli Prepared Statements

11. MDB2

1.     Advantages and Disadvantages of MDB2
2.     Why use a database abstraction layer?
3.     When not to use a database abstraction layer?
4.     Using MDB2

12. AUTHENTICATION WITH PHP AND SQL

1.     A Database-less Login Form

13. REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

1.     Perl-compatible Regular Expression Functions
2.     preg_match()
3.     preg_replace()
4.     Regular Expression Tester
5.     Regular Expression Syntax
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

 14. SESSION CONTROL AND COOKIES

1.     Sessions
2.     Configuring Sessions
3.     Session Functions
4.     Cookies

 15. SENDING EMAIL WITH PHP

1.     mail()
2.     Shortcomings of mail()
3.     PHPMailer

16. FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

1.     Opening a File
2.     fopen()
3.     Reading from a File
4.     fgets()
5.     Writing to a File
6.     fwrite()
7.     File Locking
8.     flock()
9.     Uploading Files via an HTML Form
10.     Getting File Information
11.     More File Functions
12.     Directory Functions
13.     Getting a Directory Listing

Learning Path

• Please Contact Us for further details

Ways to Attend

• Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our Schedule, or Register Your Interest in joining a course in your area.
• Private onsite Team training also available, please Contact Us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.