PHP Programming & MySQL for Web Development

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.

The delegate will learn to:

• Declare variables and initialise them
• Construct expressions with arithmetic, logical and relational operators
• Use iterative type statements
• Use conditional statements
• Read/write text and binary files
• Manipulate text using regular expression
• Use and code functions
• Use built-in library functions
• Use arrays and hashes
• Create and use external PHP Code
• Install and Test MySQL
• Basic SQL Syntax
• Connect to a MySQL Database with Error Checking
• Use PHP to Interact with a MySQL Database
• Utilise PHP with the HTML Environment
• Work with Email and Cookies
• Consider Security Implications when using PHP and MySQL

UNIX and Windows Users, Web Developers and Programmers wishing to create web based systems utilising PHP and MySQL.

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.

Programming experience with another language would be beneficial and an appreciation of HTML would be an advantage.

• Apache Web Server
• Introduction to MySQL
• Perl Programming

NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

• Installing PHP
• General Requirements
• UNIX based Systems
• Windows based Systems
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• 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

• 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

• Statement Blocks
• If Construct
• Else Keyword
• Elseif Keyword
• Looping Constructs
• While Loop
• Do-while Loop
• For Loop
• Foreach Loop
• Loop Control Words
• Break
• Continue

• 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

• 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

• Conditionally Created Functions
• Functions Created Inside Functions
• Argument Passing by Value
• Argument Passing by Reference
• Returning Values
• Including External PHP Functions

• Classes and Inheritance
• Classes
• Inheritance
• Keywords

• What is PEAR?
• Command Line Package Installer
• Fully-Automatic Installation
• Semi-Automatic Installation
• What is PECL

• HTML/PHP Examples

• Installing MySQL
• Testing MySQL

• Creating Databases and Tables
• Inserting Data into Tables
• Viewing Tables
• UPDATE
• Drop

• mysql_connect
• mysql_error
• mysql_select_db
• Die

• Inserting Data into a Database
• Creating Queries
• Executing Queries
• Processing the Returned Query Data
• Updating the Database

• PHP Inside HTML
• HTML Form with Embedded PHP
• Multiple HTML Pages/Forms with PHP

• Generating Email using PHP
• Generating Cookies using PHP
• Using Cookies

• Designing Databases
• Connecting to Database
• Encrypted Storage Model
• SQL Injection
• Security Techniques
• Error Reporting
• User Submitted Data