PHP Programming Fundamentals

Gain the essential PHP programming skills needed to build interactive, data-driven sites

TT4940

Introductory

4 Days

Course Overview

Geared for experienced web developers, PHP Programming Fundamentals is a hands-on course designed to jumpstart students with critical techniques for working with PHP using modern skills and best practices for web development and data handling.  The focus of the course is on practical skills and ensuring the student absorbs the fundamentals of developing with PHP to a foundation level.

Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert practitioner, you’ll explore:

  • The PHP programming skills needed to successfully build interactive, data-driven sites
  • How to code a PHP application
  • How to use PHP with a MySQL database
  • How to use the MVC pattern to organize your code
  • How to test and debug a PHP application
  • How to work with form data
  • How to code control statements
  • How to work with strings and numbers
  • How to work with dates
  • How to create and use arrays
  • How to work with cookies and sessions
  • How to create and use functions
  • How to use regular expressions, handle exceptions, and validate data

Course Objectives

Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert practitioner, you’ll explore:

  • The PHP programming skills needed to successfully build interactive, data-driven sites
  • How to code a PHP application
  • How to use PHP with a MySQL database
  • How to use the MVC pattern to organize your code
  • How to test and debug a PHP application
  • How to work with form data
  • How to code control statements
  • How to work with strings and numbers
  • How to work with dates
  • How to create and use arrays
  • How to work with cookies and sessions
  • How to create and use functions
  • How to use regular expressions, handle exceptions, and validate data

Need different skills or topics?  If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate.  We offer additional PHP, web development and other related topics that may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your needs. Our team will collaborate with you to understand your needs and will target the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals.

Course Prerequisites

Take Before: Students should have skills equivalent to or should have recently attended the course(s) below as a pre-requisite:

  • TT4003: Introduction to HTML / CSS and JavaScript

Related Courses: PHP Training Series

  • TT4940: PHP Programming Fundamentals
  • TT4943: Intermediate PHP Programming
  • TT4945: Advanced PHP Programming | PHP with XML, Ajax, RESTful Services, Web Services, PHP Security & More

Please see the Related Courses tab for Pre-Requisite course specifics and links, links to similar courses you might review as an alternative, as well as suggested Next-Step Follow-On Courses and Learning Path recommendations.

Course Agenda

Introduction to Web Development with PHP

  • The architecture of a web application
  • The Product Discount application
  • How to edit and test a PHP application

How to code a PHP application

  • Basic PHP skills
  • The Product Discount application
  • How to code control statements
  • How to use the PHP documentation

Introduction to relational databases and MySQL

  • An introduction to relational databases
  • The SQL statements for data manipulation
  • An introduction to MySQL
  • How to use phpMyAdmin

How to use PHP with a MySQL database

  • PHP for working with MySQL
  • How to get data from a result set
  • The Product Viewer application
  • The Product Manager application

How to use the MVC pattern to organize your code

  • How to use the MVC pattern
  • The Product Manager application
  • The Product Catalog application

How to test and debug a PHP application

  • An introduction to testing and debugging

How to work with form data

  • How to get data from a form
  • How to display data on a web page

How to code control statements

  • How to code conditional expressions
  • How to code the selection structures
  • How to code the iteration structures

How to work with strings and numbers

  • How to work with strings
  • How to work with numbers
  • Other skills for working with strings and numbers

How to work with dates

  • How to use timestamps to work with dates
  • How to use objects to work with dates

How to create and use arrays

  • How to create and use an array
  • How to create and use an associative array
  • How to use functions to work with arrays
  • How to work with arrays of arrays
  • The Task List Manager application

How to work with cookies and sessions

  • How to work with cookies
  • How to work with sessions
  • The Shopping Cart application

How to create and use functions

  • Basic skills for working with functions
  • How to create and use a library of functions
  • Advanced skills for working with functions
  • The Shopping Cart application

How to use regular expressions, handle exceptions, and validate data

  • How to use regular expressions
  • How to handle exceptions
  • The Registration application

Course Materials

Student Materials: Each participant will receive a digital Student Guide and/or Course Notes, code samples, software tutorials, step-by-step written lab instructions (as applicable), diagrams and related reference materials and resource links. Students will also receive the project files (or code, if applicable) and solutions required for the hands-on work.

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