Introduction to PHP (e-learning)

Course duration: 7 days (56 academic hours).

Target audience: This online course is for students new to PHP.

Prerequisites: HTML and CSS experience is required for this PHP class.

To complete the training and get a certification you need to pass the quiz 100%.

Course description:

In this PHP online training course, students will learn to create database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL.

Lesson 1: PHP Basics

• How server-side programming works.
• How PHP works.
• To write a simple PHP page.
• About variable scope.
• The difference between single and double quotes.
• To pass values from one page to another via the URL.
• To recognize and look up documentation on PHP functions.
• To understand and work with simple PHP variables.
• To write user-defined functions.
• To include files in other files to avoid rewriting the same content.
• To display error messages during development.
• Test

Lesson 2: PHP Conditionals

• To work with if – elseif – else conditions in PHP.
• To work with switch / case statements in PHP.
• To use the ternary operator.
• To use the null coalescing operator.
• Test

Lesson 3: Arithmetic Operators and Loops

• To use PHP operators.
• To use the modulus operator.
• To work with loops in PHP.
• Test

Lesson 4: Arrays

• To work with indexed arrays.
• To work with associative arrays.
• To work with two-dimensional arrays.
• To work with array-manipulation functions.
• Test

Lesson 5: Working with Databases

• To work with object-oriented PHP.
• To connect to a database.
• To use phpMyAdmin.
• To query a database and display records.
• To paginate through records.
• To sort records.
• To filter records.
• Test

Lesson 6: Exception Handling

• To catch and gracefully handle exceptions.
• To log errors.
• Test

Lesson 7: PHP and HTML Forms

• To process form data with PHP.
• Test

Lesson 8: Sending Email with PHP

• To send emails using PHP’s built-in mail() function.
• To send email using PHPMailer, a PHP extension with more features than mail().
• Test

Lesson 9: Authentication with PHP and SQL

• To safely store passwords and pass phrases.
• To create and work with tokens.
• To manage session variables.
• To manage cookies.
• To create a login form.
• To create a logout page.
• To create a registration form.
• To create a pass phrase reset form.
• Test

Lesson 10: LAB: Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Poems

• To insert, update, and delete records by doing a hands-on lab.

Lesson 11: Uploading Files

• To upload images through a form to the server.
• Test

Purpose of the course

The main purpose of this e-course is to give students a good understanding of the basics of PHP.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, students will:

• learn how PHP works;
• learn the basic syntax of PHP;
• learn to create dynamic interactive pages with PHP;
• learn to manipulate files with PHP;
• learn to work with arrays in PHP;
• learn to validate forms with PHP;
• learn to write functions in PHP;
• learn to manipulate and manage database data with PHP;
• learn to authenticate users with PHP;
• learn to manage sessions with PHP;
• learn to work with the MDB2 package;
• learn advanced form validation with regular expressions;
• learn to send email with PHP;

Training takes place in an e-learning environment, which can be accessed using personal username and password. Username and password will be sent to you after the payment or by special agreement.