PHP Development Course
PHP is a widely used server-side programming language that’s become increasingly fast and powerful over the years. PHP works well with HTML and databases, making it a great language for anyone interested in building dynamic web applications.
PHP Course Details :[6 Weeks / 2 hours per Day]
Taking User Input from Forms via PHP
- Creating forms with PHP
- Security Protection from Cross Site Scripting
- Using the form GET method
- Using the form POST method
- Obtaining data from forms through variables
- Using hidden fields
- Secure Web Forms (HTTPS and SSL)
- Calling pages from themselves using forms
- Quoting HTML entities in user input
Variables and Expressions in PHP
- Identifiers
- Data Types (integers, floats, strings and booleans)
- Type juggling
- Text constants, interpolation (strings, arrays, objects), here documents
- Creating Variables
- Variable assignment
- Variable Scope
- Namespaces
- User-defined Constants
- String constants, variable interpolation into strings
- HTTP environment variables
- Magic Constants
- Variable References
PHP Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- Logical Operators
- Relational (Comparison) Operators
- The Identity Operator
- Bitwise Operators
- Error Suppression Operator
- Execution Operators
- Other Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Operator Precedence and Associativity
Conditional Tests and Events in PHP
- True and False
- If
- Comparing Strings and Numbers
- else and elseif
- The ? : Operator
- Comparing for equality or identity
- The switch / case statement
- Alternative Syntax for Control Structures
PHP Flow Control
- Loops
- while
- do ... while
- for
- break and continue
- goto
- exit
PHP Configuration
- The php.ini file
- Module Vs CGI Usage
- register_globals
- Control of error logging
- Control of resource limits
- Commonly set configurations
- File system security
- PHP4 compatibility in PHP5
- A glance at upcoming PHP6
PHP Functions
- Purpose of functions
- Built-in functions
- Declaring functions
- Functions Arguments
- Default Arguments
- Arguments - Call by Reference
- Return
- Returning References
- Variable Scope (global vs local)
- Static variables
- Recursion
- include and require
- Variable function calls
Storing Data in Arrays using PHP
- What are arrays?
- How and when to use arrays
- Indexing arrays, numeric and hashes
- Initialising arrays
- Using foreach
- Add/remove elements from arrays
- One-dimensional arrays
- Multi-dimensional arrays
- References to array elements
- Arrays in forms
- Array operators
- Array related functions
Handling Databases with PHP
- PHP's database APIs
- Error-handling strategies
- Connection/disconnection, log in/log out
- Escaping strings in SQL statements
- Including common access functions
- Doing simple SQL queries via PHP
- Building HTML tables using SQL Queries
- Avoiding SQL Injection attacks
- Access to: MySql, MySqli, Oracle & MS-SQL
- Using PEAR DB
- Using PHP Data Objects - PDO
- An Insight to Smart Programming
String Manipulation in PHP
- substring and [] operators
- Case conversion, trimming
- Formatting output data
- Regular expressions
Sessions and Cookies in PHP
- What is a session?
- Dependencies on the php.ini file
- Understanding PHP session variables
- Create a PHP session variable
- Register and modify PHP session variables
- Putting PHP session IDs in pages
- Good Practise with sessions and PHP
- Cookie properties
- Setting a cookie in PHP
- Retrieving PHP cookies
- Expiring/Deleting PHP cookies
- Drawbacks to cookies
- Using cookies well
- Cookie Security Issues
File and Directory Access Using PHP
- Opening files, local and remote
- Reading and writing files
- PHP portability on different Operating Systems
- Finding file metadata
- Handling file permissions
- Handling file ownership
- File locking
- Opening and reading directories
- File uploads from the browser/user
Other I/O Issues in PHP
- Getting IP addresses from visitors
- Getting referring URLs from visitors
- Environment variables
- Showing different content to different browsers (IE, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc)
- Handling HTTP and MIME headers
Handling Email with PHP
- Sending email
- Sending multi part email - MIME
- Accessing mail boxes - IMAP & POP