PHP Web Development Language

• Over View of PHP
• Other Scripting Programming Languages
• HTML and PHP Relation
• Dynamic Web Content and MySQL
• The Benefits of PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS
• The Apache Web Server

Setting Up a Development Server

• Setting Up PHP Server
• Setting Up MySQL Database
• Setting Up PHP MyADmin
• Using a Program Editor
• Using an IDE

Strings in PHP

• Quoting String Constants
• Printing Strings
• Accessing Individual Characters
• Cleaning Strings, Encoding and Escaping
• Comparing Strings, Manipulating and Searching Strings
• Regular Expressions

PHP Arrays

• Indexed Versus Associative Arrays
• Identifying Elements of an Array
• Storing Data in Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Extracting Multiple Values
• Between Arrays and Variables
• Traversing Arrays, Sorting
• Acting on Entire Arrays, Using Arrays
• Iterator Interface

PHP Objects

• Terminology, Creating an Object
• Accessing Properties and Methods
• Declaring a Class, Introspection, Serialization

Functions

• Calling a Function, Defining a Function
• Variable Scope, Function Parameters
• Return Values, Variable Functions
• PHP Functions and Objects
• Including and Requiring Files
• PHP Version Compatibility

PHP Objects

• Expressions and Control Flow in PHP
• Expressions, Operators
• Conditionals, Looping
• Implicit and Explicit Casting
• PHP Dynamic Linking
• Flow Control Functions in PHP
• Switching Flow , Loops
• Code Blocks and Browser Output

Object-Oriented PHP

• Storing and Retrieving Data, Using Arrays
• String Manipulation and Regular Expressions
• Reusing Code and Writing Functions
• Object-Oriented PHP, Error and Exception Handling

PHP Arrays

• Basic Access
• The foreach...as Loop
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Using Array Functions

Practical PHP

• Using printf
• Date and Time Functions
• File Handling, System Calls, XHTML

Cookies, Sessions, and Authentication

• Using Cookies in PHP
• HTTP Authentication
• Using Sessions

Using MySQL Database

• Designing Your Web Database
• Creating Your Web Database
• Working with Your MySQL Database
• Accessing Your MySQL Database from the Web with PHP
• Advanced MySQL Administration
• Advanced MySQL Programming

MySQL Database

• Accessing MySQL via phpMyAdmin
• Connect to a MySQL database
• Execute SELECT statements
• Execute INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements
• Try/catch statement to handle exceptions
• Database Design
• Normalization
• Relationships, Transactions
• Using EXPLAIN, Backing Up and Restoring

Accessing MySQL Using PHP

• Querying a MySQL Database with PHP
• Form Handling
• Building Forms
• Retrieving Submitted Data

Get data from a form

• Get data from text boxes, password boxes, and hidden fields
• Get data from a radio button
• Get data from a check box
• Get data from an array of check boxes
• Get data from a drop-down list
• Get data from a list box
• Get data from a text area

Cookies, Sessions, and Authentication

• Using Cookies in PHP
• HTTP Authentication
• Using Sessions
• Test Your Knowledge

PHP with Ajax

• Introduction to Ajax
• Using XMLHttpRequest
• Implementing Ajax via POST Requests
• Using GET Instead of POST
• Sending XML Requests
• Using Frameworks for Ajax

E-Commerce and Security

• Running an E-Commerce Site
• E-commerce Security Issues
• Web Application Security
• Implementing Authentication with PHP and MySQL
• Implementing Secure Transactions with PHP and MySQL

Advanced PHP Techniques

Managing the Date and Time Using Session Control in PHP Other Useful Features

PHP and MySQL Projects

• Uploading Projects to Web Servers
• Introduction Domain registration for your site
• Using PHP and MySQL for Large Projects
• Debugging
• Building User Authentication and Personalization
• Building a Shopping Cart
• PHP Email for Orders and Confirmation
• Examples Connecting to Web Services with XML and SOAP