PHP Taining Course Midlands | Birmingham | Telford | Stafford | Wolverhampton

A two day intensive course introducing PHP and equipping candidates with the skills necessary to build PHP driven dynamic web sites. Participants should have a sound knowledge of HTML.

Topics covered include-

PHP Basics
How PHP Works
The php.ini File
Basic PHP Syntax
PHP Tags
PHP Statements and Whitespace
Comments
PHP Functions

Variables
Variable Types
Type Strength
Variable Scope
Superglobals
Constants
PHP Operators
Creating Dynamic Pages
Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
Passing Variables on the URL
Passing Variables via the Query String

Flow Control
Conditional Processing
If Conditions
Working with Conditions
Loops
while
do...while
for
break and continue
Working with Loops

Arrays
Enumerated Arrays
Initializing Arrays
Appending to an Array
Reading from Arrays
Looping through Arrays
Working with Enumerated Arrays
Associative Arrays
Initializing Associative Arrays
Reading from Associative Arrays
Looping through Associative Arrays
Superglobal Arrays
Working with Associative Arrays
Two-dimensional Arrays
Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
Array Manipulation Functions

PHP and HTML Forms
HTML Forms
How HTML Forms Work
Form Variables
Processing Form Input

String Manipulation
Formatting Strings
Concatenation
String Manipulation Functions
Working with String Manipulation Functions
Magic Quotes
magic_quotes_gpc
magic_quotes_runtime

Reusing Code and Writing Functions
Including Files
require
require_once
auto_prepend_file and auto_append_file
Adding a Header and Footer
User Functions
Defining and Calling Functions
Default Values
Variable Scope
By Reference vs. By Value
Form Processing
Code Organization
Form Validation and Presentation Functions

Managing Data
Querying a Database
mysqli() Overview
mysqli Methods and Properties
Inserting and Updating Records
mysqli Prepared Statements
Inserting Records

PEAR:DB
Advantages and Disadvantages of PEAR DB
Why use a database abstraction layer?
When not to use a database abstraction layer?
Using PEAR DB
Creating a Customer Report

Authentication with PHP and SQL
A Database-less Login Form
Authenticating Users

Regular Expressions
Perl-compatible Regular Expression Functions
preg_match()
preg_replace()
Regular Expression Tester
Regular Expression Syntax
Start and End ( ^ $ )
Number of Occurrences ( ? + * {} )
Common Characters ( . \d \D \w \W \s \S )
Grouping ( [] )
Negation ( ^ )
Subpatterns ( () )
Alternatives ( | )
Escape Character ( \ )
Form Validation Functions with Regular Expressions

Session Control and Cookies
Sessions
Configuring Sessions
Session Functions
Cookies
Authentication with Session Control

Sending Email with PHP
mail()
Shortcomings of mail()
PHPMailer
Sending a Password by Email

File System Management
Opening a File
fopen()
Reading from a File
fgets()
Writing to a File
fwrite()
Writing to a File
File Locking
flock()

Uploading Files via an HTML Form
Getting File Information
More File Functions
Directory Functions
Getting a Directory Listing
Creating a Resume Management Page